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Hornby R30476SS

BR (Late) - Class A3 - 60063 'Isinglass' (With Steam Generator)

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Prototype Era
Era 4 (1948 to 1956) British Railways Early Crest

Manufacturer description

The famous LNER A3 pacific returns to the range, this time as No. 60063 ‘Isinglass’ in BR Express Blue and fitted with DCC Sound and steam generator technology. This visually striking 4-6-2 Class A3 is a must for LNER locomotive collectors. Please Note: This model requires a DCC controller or the HM7000 App to control.

Model Specification:

• High detail OO gauge model based on extensive research and original works drawings
• Die-cast chassis
• Die-cast connecting rods and valve gear
• High detail cab and fully decorated backhead with decorated instrument dials
• Decorated crew figures
• Turned brass safety valves
• Large number of separately fitted parts
• Separately fitted simulated coal load with fully detailed tender bunker
• Powerful 5 pole skew wound motor
• Electrical pickups on main drive wheels and tender wheels
• Quick release locomotive to tender connector
• Pogo pin wheel pickup arrangement for easy pickup servicing
• Brass main drive bearings
• Sprung metal buffers
• Front and rear NEM coupling pocket
• Accessory bag contains tablet catcher, vacuum pipes, lamps and couplings
• Minimum 2nd Radius curves 

Steam Generator:

• Pre-fitted Gen 2 steam generator system featuring an optical sensor for accurate chuff rate synchronised with the wheel speed. Steam output is created using piezo element technology. This is a cold water-based system (no heating element).
• Water reservoir large enough for 20 minutes of continuous steam running
• Adjustable steam output settings via the decoder

Electronics:

• Pre-fitted 21-Pin HM7000 decoder and speaker. Compatible with NMRA DCC controllers and HM7000 system
• HM7000 Power Bank compatible
• Flickering firebox

DCC Sound:

• Pre-installed LNER A3 sound profile for accurate locomotive sounds, synchronised with the chuff rate and steam effect.
• Assembled using live recordings of LNER A3 locomotives
• Tender speaker

Tooling:

• Smokebox door numberplate
• Original boiler dome
• Superheaters
• Righthand drive
• GNR Style tender

Livery:

• BR Express Blue
• Named ‘Isinglass’
• Early cycling lion crests
• Accurate colours and fonts
• Era 4

Hornby recommends:

• BR Gresley Crimson/Cream coaches

History

This locomotive started life as one of Gresley’s original 52 ‘A1’ Class, completed at Doncaster Works as No. 2562 in July 1925. It was one of only eight locomotives given a name from new, the remainder being named between August 1925 and the following February. 

Isinglass was rebuilt as an ‘A3’ in April 1946, which included a new boiler to a higher pressure, matching 27 new ‘A3’ locomotives constructed between 1928 and 1935. Renumbered 531 in 1946, the locomotive became No. 60063 under BR and was fitted with a double-chimney in 1959 and smoke deflectors in 1961. It was withdrawn from service in June 1964 and scrapped.

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Model details

Prototype information

Hornby BR (Late) Class A3 60063 “Isinglass” is a OO gauge model of the former LNER Pacific locomotive, supplied in BR Express Blue livery and fitted with a HM7000 DCC decoder, sound and a Gen 2 steam‑generator system.

The model incorporates a 5‑pole skew‑wound motor, electrical pickups on both the driving wheels and tender wheels, and brass main‑drive bearings. It is equipped with a pre‑fitted 21‑pin HM7000 decoder, speaker and DCC sound profile, a piezo‑based steam generator with a water reservoir sufficient for approximately 20 minutes of continuous steam, and a flickering firebox. The locomotive uses metal sprung buffers, NEM couplings and requires a DCC controller or the HM7000 app for operation.

Physical specifications include a die‑cast chassis, die‑cast connecting rods and valve gear, a turned brass safety‑valve set, and a separately fitted simulated coal load within a fully detailed tender bunker. The overall length is 293 mm, the minimum curve is a 2nd‑radius (438 mm), and the accessory bag contains a tablet catcher, vacuum pipes, lamps and couplings.

The model represents locomotive No. 60063 “Isinglass”, originally built as No. 2562 on 01/07/1925, rebuilt as an A3 on 01/04/1946 and withdrawn on 01/06/1964. It bears early BR crest detailing, the original GNR‑style tender and double‑chimney, and is intended to be displayed with BR Gresley Crimson/Cream coaches.