Description
R3371 Hornby LNER, A4 Class, 4-6-2, 4468 ‘Mallard’ – Era 3
The A4s were kept in service until the mid-1960s, the last service under British Rail being the Aberdeen-Glasgow service on September 14, 1966.It was in July 1938 that ‘Mallard’ was recorded travelling at 126mph at Stoke Bank on the East Coast Mainline, snatching the record from the German railway by a mere 1.5 mph – a record that still stands to this very day.
- Length: 29.1cm
- Scale: 1:76/OO Gauge
- Finish: Painted
- Colour: Blue
- DCC Status: DCC Ready (8 pin)
- Operator: LNER
- Designer: Sir Nigel Gresley
- Wheel configuration: 4-6-2
- Livery: Blue
- Minimum Curve: 2nd Radius
- Class: Class A4
