R30270 Hornby LNER, Class A1, 4-6-2, 4478 ‘Hermit’: Big Four Centenary Collection- Era 3

Hornby LNER, Class A1, 4-6-2, 4478 ‘Hermit’: Big Four Centenary Collection- Era 3. Nigel Gresley’s A1 Pacific class emerged in the twilight years of the Great Northern Railway, a result of an idea that Gresley had nurtured since 1915. The First World War put his plans for new express passenger locomotives on hold but he applied his new three cylinder, conjugated valve gear designs to the O2 and K3 freight locomotives before returning to his plans for an express passenger Pacific in 1920, producing his 4-6-2 A1 design.