Hornby R3520 BR, Standard 7 'Brittania' Class, 4-6-2, 70007 'Couer-de-Lion' - Era 5
00 Gauge
Robert Riddles, as the first Chief Mechanical Engineer of British Railways, drew heavily on his previous LMS designs in designing the new 4-6-2, with elements from Bulleid’s SR Merchant Navy design, blastpipe configuration from the GWR and LNER crank design being incorporated. Weight limits were kept within Bulleid’s Light Pacific margins and the result was a pleasing looking, very capable mixed traffic locomotive. The naming of locomotives under British Railways management was undertaken by a Locomotive Naming Committee of three senior railway officers, but it was Bishop Eric Treacy that suggested the name of Britannia for 70000, the first of the class, and it was by this name that the class was generally known.
Length: 287mm
DCC Type: DCC Ready
Operator/Livery: Late BR, Lined Green
Class: Britannia
Designer: Robert Riddles
Motor: 5 Pole Skew Wound
Wheel Configuration: 4-6-2
