Hornby LNER Streamlined B17 City of London 2870
Product Code: R30406
(Pre-Order Due October 2025)
Production Details:
Hornby LNER Streamlined B17 City of London 2870.
Gresley developed a three-cylinder 4-6-0 to cope with increased loadings
on the LNER’s East Anglian passenger services in the shape of the B17
Class, as he could not use his famous ‘Pacifics’ due to weight
constraints. Two of the class were given A4-style streamlining in
September 1937 for publicity purposes, including No. 2870 Tottenham
Hotspur, which was then renamed City of London. They were designated
B17/5s, but the streamlining was removed in April 1951. The locomotive,
originally built by Robert Stephenson & Co in 1937, was withdrawn in
April 1960.
Features: DCC Status: DCC Ready 21
pin socket, Operator: LNER, Designer: Gresley, Livery: LNER, Minimum
Curve (mm): Radius 2, Motor: 5 Pole Skew wound, Coupling Type: NEM
Couplings.
