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Hornby R30555

LNER - Class A4 - 4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley' with figure - Limited Edition (150th Anniversary Collection)

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

Manufacturer description

The LNER Class A4 Sir Nigel Gresley model locomotive is a limited edition model and part of The Great Railway Engineers Collection. This Collection marks 150 years since Sir Gresley's birth, and this locomotive includes a figure. 

With a shiny new blue livery and NEM tension lock couplings, this steam locomotive is a wonderful collector's piece. 

Entering service with the LNER as 4498 in Garter blue with streamlined side-skirting and red wheels, this was the 100th Gresley ‘Pacific’ to be built when it emerged from Doncaster Works in October 1937. Allocated to King’s Cross ‘Top Shed’ and used on front-line express services such as the prestigious ‘Coronation’ between London and Edinburgh, ‘SNG’ was built with a single chimney and had stainless steel numbers and letters for the tender added at a general overhaul in January 1939. 

After a period in wartime black, when the side-skirts were permanently removed, the locomotive returned to lined Garter blue in March 1947. Painted into BR’s express passenger blue in September 1950, as 60007, it set a post-war steam record speed of 112mph on 23 May 1959. Withdrawn in February 1966, by now in BR green, it was saved for preservation by the A4 Locomotive Society.

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Hornby LNER – Class A4 – 4498 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ with figure is a limited‑edition model released as part of the 150th Anniversary Collection that celebrates 150 years since Sir Nigel Gresley’s birth. It is listed under manufacturer part number R30555 and represents the “Big Four” era of British railways (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR).

The model is finished in a glossy new blue livery with red wheels, features NEM tension‑lock couplings and includes a plastic figure of Sir Nigel Gresley. It is marketed as a collector’s piece within the Great Railway Engineers Collection.

Historically the prototype locomotive entered service as LNER 4498 in Garter blue with streamlined side‑skirting in October 1937, the 100th Gresley ‘Pacific’ built at Doncaster Works. It was allocated to King’s Cross “Top Shed”, operated on express services such as the Coronation service between London and Edinburgh, and received a single chimney and stainless‑steel tender numbers in January 1939.

During the war the locomotive ran in black and the side‑skirts were removed; it returned to lined Garter blue in March 1947, was repainted BR express passenger blue in September 1950 as 60007, and set a post‑war steam speed record of 112 mph on 23 May 1959. The locomotive was withdrawn in February 1966, was then in BR green, and was saved for preservation by the A4 Locomotive Society.