Hornby LNER Gresley Corridor Teak Coaches 1st
Class (51668
)
Product Code: R40452
(Pre-Order Due August 2025)
Production Details:
Hornby LNER Gresley Corridor Teak Coaches 1st Class
51668. This highly detailed Gresley Corridor first-class coach is
presented in a varnished teak finish with printed decoration including
the LNER branding, ‘1’ on each door to mark its first-class status and
its unique number 51668. The model has detail underneath and metal
wheels for finer running. Hornby’s Gresley 61ft 6in coaching stock
represents a standard design that Nigel Gresley continued from his days
as CME at the Great Northern Railway, through to the LNER at the
Grouping in 1923, with very little change to the basic layout of each
vehicle. Finished in varnished teak, these LNER standard vehicles were
ahead of their time, with Pullman-type gangways and buckeye couplings,
that would later become standard on BR-built coaching stock. However,
the wooden teak-panelled bodies were more traditional than modern, with
square mouldings and windows. The company continued to build them until
1942 with little change over the 1923-42 build period. The coaches were
mounted on Gresley double-bolster 8ft 6in bogies.
Features:
Gauge: OO, Operator: LNER, Designer: Gresley, Minimum radius: 2nd,
Buffer Type: Sprung Metal Buffers, Coupling Type: NEM Couplings.
Size (mm): L 255 x H 55 x W 35.
