Departmental Rolling Stock

In addition to the Royal Train and Northern Belle, we also have a rake of Departmental rolling stock that has recently been acquired.

Here we see each item being hauled by another recent addition to the loco fleet, namely another Hornby Class 50 50040 'Leviathan', Catalogue Nº R3653, which has been fitted with a DigiTrains sound decoder and megabass speaker - and she sounds awesome.

The real 50040 was named 'Leviathan' in September 1978 but was renamed 'Centurion' in July 1987 following the withdrawal of the original 'Centurion' (50011) in February of that year.

As it happens we also have 50011 'Centurion' in our fleet, also in large logo livery, and it is nice to have the two locos running together again, at least in model form, for the first time since 1987.

The first coach behind the loco is this Laboratory 23 BG Full Brake that, like the Northern Belle BG, is only available through the Bachmann Collector's Club and is a limited edition of only 504 pieces.

The Running Nº is RDB 975547 and the Catalogue Nº is 39-176K.

Next we have a Hornby Laboratory 10, which is an ex-Mk1 BSO. 

The running number of this coach is RDB 975428 and the Catalogue Nº is R40009.

The penultimate vehicle in this Departmental rake is another Hornby ex-Mk1 BSO, in the guise of a Landore Breakdown Unit.

Her running number is ADB 975082 and the Catalogue Nº is R40010.

And, so, bringing up the rear in this colourful consist is this Hornby BR R&D Division, ex-LMS CCT Research Laboratory.

The Running Nº is RDB 975667 and the Catalogue Nº is R60005.

These last three items are all in the current Hornby catalogue.

Now all we need is a similarly liveried locomotive to haul this train!