Model Year Details

1997 - Class A3 Locomotive - Dick Turpin

60080

Model: Class A3 Locomotive - Dick Turpin (Overall Model page)
Running Number: 60080
Category: Steam Locomotives

Locomotive Class: Class A3

Designer: Sir Nigel Gresley
Class Information: Although Class A3 locomotives were introduced in 1928; the reality is that they were all re-builds of earlier A1 locomotives dating back to 1922. The locomotives were intended to replace the ageing Ivatt 4-4-2’s on the East Coast Mainline between London and Newcastle. One member of the class “Flying Scotsman” is with-out doubt the world’s best known steam locomotive and certainly the most traveled. More...
Weight: 154 tons
Purpose: Express Passenger
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-2
Wheel Arrangement Name: Pacific

Model Information: Length - 11 1/2 inches - 29.3cm.
Models Produced: * 3,100
* Information from Triang & Hornby, The Story of Rovex, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 - Pat Hammond
Company: B.R. - British Railways
Logo: B.R. Early Emblem
Logo Years: 1948 - 1956

Livery: B.R. Green

Livery Details: Brunswick green with orange and black lining with yellow lettering.
Company Information: British Railways came into existence in 1948 when the dominating four British railway companies amalgamated. Steam traction on British Railways ended in 1968 and the system was re-branded as British Rail.

Year: 1997
Catalogue Number: R.295
Year Information: Like most of its class, this locomotive started life as an A1 with the L.N.E.R., but was rebuilt as an A3 in 1942. It wears the B.R. livery of the early fifties and is powered by a ringfield motor.
Model Motor: Type 5 Ringfield
Publication: Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Third Edition 1997 - The legend is alive
Publication Type: Catalogue
Publication Edition: 43rd Edition

Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Third Edition 1997 - The legend is alive

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