The LNER Class A4 Sir
Nigel Gresley model locomotive is a limited edition model and part of
The Great Railway Engineers Collection. This Collection marks 150 years
since Sir Gresley's birth, and this locomotive includes a figure.
With a shiny new blue livery and NEM tension lock couplings, this steam locomotive is a wonderful collector's piece.
Entering
service with the LNER as 4498 in Garter blue with streamlined
side-skirting and red wheels, this was the 100th Gresley ‘Pacific’ to be
built when it emerged from Doncaster Works in October 1937. Allocated
to King’s Cross ‘Top Shed’ and used on front-line express services such
as the prestigious ‘Coronation’ between London and Edinburgh, ‘SNG’ was
built with a single chimney and had stainless steel numbers and letters
for the tender added at a general overhaul in January 1939.
After
a period in wartime black, when the side-skirts were permanently
removed, the locomotive returned to lined Garter blue in March 1947.
Painted into BR’s express passenger blue in September 1950, as 60007, it
set a post-war steam record speed of 112mph on 23 May 1959. Withdrawn
in February 1966, by now in BR green, it was saved for preservation by
the A4 Locomotive Society.
In 2026, we have given the A4 a tooling update and the model now includes working headlights and tender lights.
