Description
Hornby R3989 LNER A1 Class 2564 Knight of Thistle – diecast footplate and flickering firebox – Era 3
Product Information
Built in August 1924, Gresley designed A1 No. 2564 was typical of the majority of the class in being named after a racehorse, in this case ‘Knight of the Thistle’, winner of the 1897 Royal Hunt Cup. The locomotive was the second of 20 A1s to be built by the North British Locomotive Company rather than being built at Doncaster Works.
Under Thompson’s 1946 renumbering scheme ‘Knight of Thistle’ became locomotive No. 65. The locomotive was rebuilt to A3 specification in March 1947 and continued in service until being withdrawn by BR in June 1964.
Technical Specifications
- Item Length – Without Packaging (cm)
- 29.3
- Item Height – Without Packaging (cm)
- 5
- Item Width – Without Packaging (cm)
- 3.5
- Item Weight – Without Packaging
- 0.28
- Item Scale
- 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
- License
- No
- Finish
- Painted
- Colour
- Green
- Gauge
- OO
- DCC Status
- DCC Ready 8 pin socket
- Operator
- LNER
- Designer
- Gresley
- Livery
- LNER Apple green
- Minimum Curve (mm)
- Radius 2
- Motor
- 5 Pole Skew wound
- Number of Parts
- 1
- Class
- Class A1