Hornby: The Platinum Digital Train Set

London and North Eastern Railway locomotive numbered 4468 Mallard is a Class A4 4–6–2 Pacific steam locomotive built at Doncaster, England in 1938. It is historically significant as the holder of the world speed record for steam locomotives at 126 mph (203 km/h).

The A4 class was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley to power high-speed streamlined trains. The wind-tunnel-tested, aerodynamic body and high power allowed the class to reach speeds of over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h), although in everyday service it rarely attained this speed. While in British Railways days regular steam-hauled rail services in the UK were officially limited to a 90 mph ‘line speed’, pre-war, the A4s had to run way above 90 mph just to keep schedule on trains such as the Silver Jubilee and Coronation, with the engines reaching the magic three figures on many occasions. Mallard covered almost one and a half million miles (2.4 million km) before it was retired in 1963.

Set includes:

• 1 x LNER Class A4 4–6–2 4468 “Mallard” in LNER garter blue with TTS sound
• 2 x Pullman Parlour cars
• 1 x Pullman Brake car
• 1 x LNER Class A1 4–6–2 4472 “Flying Scotsman” in LNER apple green with TTS sound
• 2 x LNER teak composite coaches
• 1 x LNER teak brake coach

Track included:

• Twin ovals of track plus siding
• ‘Select’ DCC Controller
• 1 Amp Wall Mounted Transformer
• Power Track (R8241)
• Hornby MidiMat (1600 × 1180mm)

Hornby is a household name and is famous as the UK brand leader in the model railway hobby