Hornby: The Final Day Collection – SR 4–6–2 ‘Kenley’ Battle of Britain Class
Minister of Transport, Eric Campbell Geddes’ Railways Act of 1921, enacted at the start of 1923, created the ‘Big Four’ regional rail companies of the Great Western Railway, the London Midland Scottish Railway, the London North Eastern Railway and the Southern Railway. Twenty five years later, on January 1, 1948, Clement Attlee's Transport Act of 1947 created British Railways, marking the end of what many regard as the golden age of the railways.
With 2017 marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the ‘Big Four’, the
‘Final Day’ collection features a mainline locomotive from each of the
regions, in its final regional livery.
Known collectively as Light Pacifics, the Southern Railway West Country and
Battle of Britain classes were originally designed as air-smoothed 4–6–2
Pacific locomotives by the Southern Railway’s Chief Mechanical Engineer,
Oliver Bulleid. Designed to be lighter in weight than the similar Merchant Navy
class, as well as being shorter and running with a smaller tender, as a Mixed
Traffic class they could be used on a wider variety of routes, including those
of the Kent coast and South West of England.
Specifics:
- Gauge: 00
- DCC Type: DCC Ready
- Class: Battle of Britain
- Livery: SR
- Entered Service: 1940s
- LE Size: 500
- Wheel Configuration: 4–6–2
- Features: NEM Couplings
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