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Hornby R30405

GWR - Saint Class - 2975 'Lord Palmer'

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Prototype Era
Era 3 (1923 to 1947) The Big Four (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR)

Manufacturer description

The mighty Saints have arrived at Hornby and the newly tooled 'Lord Palmer' makes an excellent addition to any model railway layout. With its sprung metal buffers and NEM couplings, this highly detailed locomotive is a smooth runner, and easily upgradable to HM7000 with a 21-pin decoder (sold separately).

History

Entering service in March 1905 as the unnamed No. 175, the locomotive was given the name Viscount Churchill in 1907 and numbered 2975 in December 1912. In February 1924, the locomotive was renamed Sir Ernest Palmer, but when Baronet Palmer gained peerage in June 1933, it was renamed Lord Palmer in the October. 

The locomotive was extensively damaged in an accident while hauling a goods train at Appleford in December 1942 and was finally withdrawn on 30th November 1944 from Bristol Bath Road shed after a creditable 39 years and nine months of service.

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Prototype information

^* Class names often change over the lifespan of a locomotive, so this is not necessarily the class name used by the operator in the period modelled.

The Hornby GWR Saint Class locomotive 2975 'Lord Palmer' is a model locomotive from the 2025 Range. It is available in OO gauge and is painted in GWR Green livery. The model is DCC Ready, with a 21 pin socket, and features a 5 pole skew wound motor. The locomotive's specifications include sprung metal buffers and a minimum radius curve of 2nd Radius (438mm).

The 'Lord Palmer' is based on a real locomotive that entered service in March 1905 as an unnamed engine, but was later named Viscount Churchill in 1907 and underwent several name changes throughout its career. It was eventually withdrawn from service on 30th November 1944, after 39 years and nine months of service.