Name: Hornby R3861 BR, Merchant Navy Class, 4-6-2, 35017 'Belgian Marine' - Era 4
Brand: Hornby
SKU: R3861
Price: 208.99 GBP

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

Manufacturer description

The SR Merchant Navy Class were a class of 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by Oliver Bulleid. The class members were named after the Merchant Navy shipping lines involved in the Battle of the Atlantic and latterly those which used Southampton Docks. Although the class were originally built with air-smoothed casing and chain-driven valve gear, the entire class were later modified under BR, resulting in a more conventional, easier to maintain design.

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Catalogue listing

Brand

Hornby

Product Code

R3861

GTIN

5055286671869

RRP

£208.99

Catalogue

2021 Range

Release date

April 2021

Model details

Pickup in tender

Gauge

Colour

Green

DCC status

DCC Ready 8 pin socket

Interior lighting

Passenger figures

Minimum radius curve

2nd Radius (438mm)

Motor

5 Pole Skew wound

Livery

Lined Green with Early Emblem

Tooling date

2017

Finish

Pristine

Directional lighting

Scale

OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)

Based on preserved

Prototype information

In service until

All Modified by 1960

Introduced

1945

Operated by

Southern Railway
British Railways

Wheel configuration

4-6-2

Total built

Main duties

Express Passenger

Tractive effort

37,515 lbf
(later reduced to 33,495 lbf)

Build date

1941 to 1949

Builder

SR Eastleigh Works

Locomotive type

Steam

Locomotive class^*

Southern Railway Merchant Navy

Operator

Motive power

Steam

Wheel arrangement

4-6-2

Designer

Bulleid

Built by

SR Eastleigh Works

^* 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.

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Hornby BR Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 model, catalogue number R3861, represents locomotive 35017 Belgian Marine. The OO gauge kit is finished in pristine condition, painted lined green with the early British Railways emblem. It features a 5‑pole skew‑wound motor, a DCC ready 8‑pin socket and a minimum curve radius of 438 mm (second radius). The locomotive measures 285 mm in length and is supplied in green colour.

The model depicts a Southern Railway Merchant Navy class Pacific steam engine designed by Oliver Bulleid and built at SR Eastleigh Works between 1941 and 1949. The class, introduced in 1945, originally carried air‑smoothed casings and chain‑driven valve gear, but under British Railways the locomotives were later rebuilt to a more conventional layout for easier maintenance. The represented period is the early British Railways crest era.

Hornby R3861

BR, Merchant Navy Class, 4-6-2, 35017 'Belgian Marine' - Era 4