Model Year Details
2002 - Class B17/4 Locomotive - Norwich City
2859
Running Number: 2859
Category: Steam Locomotives
Locomotive Class: Class B17
Designer: Sir Nigel Gresley
Class Information: Class introduced 1928. Last B17 retired in 1960.
Weight: 129 tons
Purpose: Passenger
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
Wheel Arrangement Name: Ten Wheeler
Model Information: Length - 256mm.
Models Produced: ---
Company: L.N.E.R. - London & North Eastern Railway
Logo: L.N.E.R. Crest
Logo Years: 1923 - 1947
Livery: L.N.E.R. Apple Green
Livery Details: Apple green with black and white lining and gold 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.2185
Year Information: The Gresley designed B17 sub class 4 locomotives were named after famous football clubs and showed a representation of a football on the nameplate. Model has correctly spaced driving wheels and appropriate brake gear, blackened valve gear, fine scale wheels and handrails. Superbly turned out in the distinctive lined livery of the LNER, it is powered by a ringfield motor housed in the tender with extra pick-ups fitted to the locomotive for smooth operation at slow speeds.
Model Motor: Ringfield (located in the tender)
Publication: Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Eighth Edition 2002
Publication Type: Catalogue
Publication Edition: 48th Edition
Logo & Box Design:
UK Price List: £81.50
Aust Price List: ---
Can Price List: ---
Model Ranking:
Current: 554 - December 2023
Previous: 369 - November 2023
Movement: (-185)
Model Year Details (5)
Related Service Sheets (2)
NO | SERVICE SHEET NAME | ISSUE DATE |
---|---|---|
207 | B17/4 Footballer Class Locomotive | March 1998 |
207B | B17/4 Footballer Class Locomotive | February 2001 |
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