Hornby GWR Castle Class Lockheed Hudson 5081
Product Code: R30402
(Pre-Order Due July 2026)
Production Details:
Hornby GWR Castle Class Lockheed Hudson 5081.
Designed as front-line express passenger locomotives, the GWR ‘4073’
Class ‘Castles’ were built over a long period. The first of 155 new
locomotives entered traffic in August 1923, while the last was finished
at Swindon in August 1950 under British Railways. Sixteen further
locomotives – 15 ‘Stars’ and one-off ‘Pacific’ No. 111 Great Bear – were
also rebuilt as ‘Castles’, making 171 in total. No. 5081 was built in
1939 and originally named ‘Penrice Castle’ but was renamed ‘Lockheed
Hudson’ in 1941. It was withdrawn from Cardiff East Dock in October
1963.
Features: DCC Status: DCC Ready 21
pin socket, Operator: GWR, Designer: Collett, Livery: GWR, Minimum Curve
(mm): Radius 2, Motor: 5 Pole Skew wound, Coupling Type: NEM Couplings.
