Hornby BR Late Thompson Class A2-3 Watling Street No 60521
Product Code: R30394
Production Details:
Hornby BR Late Thompson Cl A2-3 Watling Street No 60521.
Of the 15 newly built A2s, only the first, No. 500, emerged from
Doncaster under Edward Thompson while he was Chief Mechanical Engineer.
That was in May 1946 and, by the end of the following month, Thompson
had retired aged 65. The remaining 14 were built under his successor,
Arthur Peppercorn, between July 1946 and September 1947. They had
planned to build 25 in total, but Peppercorn cancelled the remainder
while he made modifications to the design. His new design became the A2
and the Thompson locomotives were designated A2/3s. No. 60521 entered
service as No. 521 ‘Watling Street’ at Gateshead in May 1947 and was
withdrawn by BR at Tweedmouth in November 1962. Features:
DCC Status: DCC Ready 21 pin socket, Operator: BR, Designer: Thompson,
Livery: BR Green, Minimum Curve (mm): Radius 2, Motor: 5 Pole Skew
wound, Buffer Type: Sprung Metal Buffers, Coupling Type: NEM Couplings.
