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Get it between 2024-11-19 to 2024-11-26. Additional 3 business days for provincial shipping.
The gift of a Hornby train set is the gateway to a whole new experience, a world of model railways where nostalgia is shared between generations and new memories are forged. Hornby is a household name and is famous as an international brand LEADER in the model railway hobby.
The train includes a LNER Class A4 4-6-2 "Mallard" locomotive, two BR Gresley composite coaches, and a BR Gresley brake coach It is operated using the R7229 train controller provided.
The track circuit sits easily on the 1600 x 1180 mm MidiMat included, and by adding Hornby track it can soon be developed into a very effective model railway layout.
Comes with everything needed to run the train right out of the box.
This train set is OO scale while the track can also run HO scale. The set is electric and comes with a US Transformer that plugs directly into the wall.
On the 3rd of July 1938 the LNER A4 locomotive 'Mallard' set the world speed record for a steam engine at 126 mph at Stoke Bank, south of Grantham. Years later with the nationalisation of the railways the locomotive's feat was not forgotten, with 'Mallard' maintaining its celebrity status among the trainspotters of the day while continuing to haul express passenger trains along the East Coast Mainline. This Train Set encapsulates the enduring allure of 'Mallard' as it would have appeared during the early 1950s.