Model Year Details
2001 - Class A4 Locomotive - Kestrel
4485
Running Number: 4485
Category: Steam Locomotives
Locomotive Class: Class A4
Designer: Sir Nigel Gresley
Class Information: Class A4 locomotives were introduced in 1935 as part of a modern streamlined train named Silver Jubilee. One member of the class; 4468 Mallard achieved the authenticated world speed record for steam of 126-MPH during 1938. More...
Weight: 167 tons
Purpose: Express Passenger
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-2
Wheel Arrangement Name: Pacific
Model Information: Length - Length 291mm.
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Company: L.N.E.R. - London & North Eastern Railway
Logo: L.N.E.R. Crest
Logo Years: 1923 - 1947
Livery: L.N.E.R. Blue
Livery Details: Blue with black, red and white lining and yellow lettering.
Company Information: The second biggest of Britains post grouping railway companies formed in 1923. Some very famous locomotives were designed and operated by the L.N.E.R. including the Flying Scotsman and the Mallard.
Catalogue Number: R.2154
Year Information: Another L.N.E.R. classically designed loco built at the Doncaster Works. 'Kestrel' was fitted with a corridor tender so that it could be used on the lucrative non stop expresses from London to Scotland, and remained in the L.N.E.R. garter blue livery form 1937 until 1942. In 1947 Kestrel was re-named Miles Beevor and was once more painted garter blue. The model fairly bristles with fine detail and incorporates the ringfield motor in the tender.
Model Motor: Ringfield (located in the tender)
Publication: Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Seventh Edition 2001
Publication Type: Catalogue
Publication Edition: 47th Edition
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Model Ranking:
Current: 1363 - December 2023
Previous: 1226 - November 2023
Movement: (-137)
Model Year Details (2)
YEAR | CAT | IMAGE |
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2000 | R.2154 |
Class A4 Locomotive - Kestrel |
2001 | R.2154 |
Class A4 Locomotive - Kestrel |
Related Service Sheets (2)
NO | SERVICE SHEET NAME | ISSUE DATE |
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217 | A3 - A4 Super Detail | May 2000 |
217B | A3 - A4 Super Detail | February 2001 |
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