Black to Normal

After last week's visit of some of the friends of Thomas, we return to more typical motive power on the railway in the shape of three Hornby BR black-liveried steam locomotives.

The first locomotive is this rather splendid A3 Class 4-6-2 'Flying Scotsman' in its Wartime guise, below:

In the first photo we see her crossing Niggly Bottom viaduct with an express for the north while, in the second photo, she is seen on the branch line, waiting to depart Anchwood for Gunnmere Junction.

This particular loco was produced by Hornby between 2011 and 2013 for the National Railway Museum. Only 500 models were produced and the Catalogue Nº is R3100.

As you can see she also has two running numbers (103 & 502) depending upon which side of the loco you are looking at.

She does come with German Smoke Deflectors but we decided not to fit these.

The next loco is the first of two Hornby 1:1 Collection models that I recently acquired.. This one being a BR Class 9F, 2-10-0, Nº 92212.

Once again I have included a couple of photos in order to show both sides of this powerful-looking locomotive.

In the first picture she is passing through Carswater at the head of the Pines Express.

In the second photo we see her hauling a rake of coal wagons through Manxton.

This is actually a fairly new locomotive, of which Hornby have produced just 500, with the Catalogue Nº R3941

So to the final member of our trio, which is also the second of the Hornby 1:1 Collection. This one is a BR Class 5MT 4-6-0, Nº 45379.

In the first photo this rather handsome loco is waiting to depart Davemoor with a train for the south.

Meanwhile, in the second photo, she is passing the cattle dock siding at High Bridge, on her way up the branch towards Anchwood.

As with the 9F, this is also a Limited Edition with, in her case, just 1,000 models being produced, with the Catalogue Nº R3805.