Hornby BR, M7 Class, 0-4-4T,
30244 - Era 3
Product Code: R30140
Production Details:
Ideally suited to the demands of
suburban workings with frequent station stops, the M7
possessed quick acceleration and good tractive power,
equally at home on Branch line workings or acting as
station pilots. Unfortunately, following a major
derailment at Tavistock in 1898, the Class were
withdrawn from fast passenger services, the 0-4-4
arrangement proving inherently unstable at continuous
high speeds. While two M7s still exist in preservation,
30244 sadly is not among them after being scrapped at
Brighton. This particularly special Hornby model of
30244 comes uniquely liveried in the previously never
produced Southern Malachite Green, a particular mark of
rarity. Of the Class, only 38, 242, 243 & 244 were
turned out in fully lined Malachite Green for Waterloo
Station pilot duties after the Second World War.
Tech Specs:
Item Length - Without Packaging (cm): 13.9, Item Scale:
1:76 Scale 00 Gauge, Finish: Painted, Colour: Red, DCC
Status: DCC Ready 8 pin socket, Operator: SR, Designer:
Dugald Drummond, Wheel Configuration: 0-4-4T, Livery:
Hornby Railways 50th Anniversary, Minimum Curve (mm):
Radius 2, Motor: 5 Pole Skew wound.
