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Hornby R30554SS

BR - Class A4 - 60002 ‘Sir Murrough Wilson' (With Steam Generator)

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

Manufacturer description

The famous LNER A4 pacific, known for its streamlined casing, returns to the range as No. 60002 ‘Sir Murrough Wilson’ fitted with steam generator and DCC Sound functionality. This gorgeous Gresley locomotive is highly detailed, featuring a great number of intricate separate parts, and would make for a standout addition to any early British Railways model railway collection.

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 and boiler
• 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 A4 sound profile for accurate locomotive sounds, synchronised with the chuff rate and steam effect.
• Assembled using live recordings of LNER A4 locomotives
• Tender speaker

Tooling:

• Smokebox door numberplate
• Single Chimney
• Non-Corridor Tender
• Side valence removed
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Livery:

• BR Lined Green
• Named ‘Sir Murrough Wilson’
• Cycling Lion on tender
• Accurate colours and fonts
• Era 4

History

Although second in the BR number sequence, this ‘A4’ was one of the last to be built, completed in April 1938 as LNER No. 4499 and named ‘Pochard’. It was renamed ‘Sir Murrough Wilson’ in 1939 after one of the LNER’s directors. Renumbered ‘2’ in 1946, it received its BR number 60002 in May 1948. 

Originally painted Garter Blue, it lost its side skirting and was painted plain black during the war, before returning to blue in 1946. From 1950 it ran in BR blue with black and white lining, before a repaint into lined-BR green in August 1951. It received its double-chimney in 1957 and was withdrawn from Gateshead shed in May 1964.

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Model details

Prototype information

Hornby BR Class A4 locomotive 60002 “Sir Murrough Wilson” is an OO gauge model fitted with a HM7000 DCC decoder, sound module and a pre‑installed Gen 2 steam generator. The model is based on the early British Railways crest period and is supplied in BR lined green livery.

The locomotive has a 5‑pole skew wound motor, die‑cast chassis, boiler, connecting rods and valve gear, and brass safety valves. It features metal sprung buffers, NEM couplings, a quick‑release locomotive‑to‑tender connector and a pogo‑pin wheel pickup system. The tender carries a separately fitted simulated coal load and a water reservoir capable of about 20 minutes of continuous steam. The steam generator uses piezo‑element technology with an optical sensor to synchronise chuff rate to wheel speed and offers adjustable output via the decoder.

Electronics include a pre‑fitted 21‑pin HM7000 decoder, speaker, firebox flicker and a tender speaker. The sound profile is recorded from real LNER A4 locomotives and is synchronised with the chuff and steam effects. The model is compatible with NMRA DCC controllers and the HM7000 app, and requires a DCC controller or the HM7000 app for operation.

Historically the locomotive was completed on 04/04/1938 as LNER No 4499 “Pochard”, renamed “Sir Murrough Wilson” in 1939, renumbered 2 on 05/05/1946 and received BR number 60002 on 05/05/1948. It was originally painted Garter Blue, later ran in black, BR blue with lining and finally in BR lined green from 08/08/1951. A double chimney was fitted in 1957 and the locomotive was withdrawn from Gateshead shed on 05/05/1964.