Hornby LNER Gresley Corridor Teak Passenger Brake
Coach (4239
)
Product Code: R40456
Production Details:
Hornby LNER Gresley Corridor Teak Coaches Passenger
Brake 4239. This highly detailed Gresley Corridor Full Brake Coach is
presented in a varnished teak finish with printed decoration including
the LNER branding and its unique number 4239. This coach does not have
windows as it wasn’t meant for carrying passengers, it contained the
guard’s van. The model has detail underneath and metal wheels for finer
running. Hornby’s Gresley 61ft 6in coaching stock represents a standard
design that Nigel Gresley continued from his days as CME at the Great
Northern Railway, through to the LNER at the Grouping in 1923, with very
little change to the basic layout of each vehicle. Finished in varnished
teak, these LNER standard vehicles were ahead of their time, with
Pullman-type gangways and buckeye couplings, that would later become
standard on BR-built coaching stock. However, the wooden teak-panelled
bodies were more traditional than modern, with square mouldings and
windows. The company continued to build them until 1942 with little
change over the 1923-42 build period. The coaches were mounted on
Gresley double-bolster 8ft 6in bogies.
Features:
Gauge: OO, Operator: LNER, Designer: Gresley, Minimum radius: 2nd,
Buffer Type: Sprung Metal Buffers, Coupling Type: NEM Couplings.
Size (mm): L 255 x H 55 x W 35.
