Hornby RailRoad LMS Patriot Sir Robert Turnbull
5540
Product Code: R30434
Production Details:
Hornby LMS Patriot Sir Robert Turnbull 5540.
Fifty-two LMS ‘Patriots’ were built by the LMS, with 42 emerging from
Crewe Works and the remaining ten from its Derby Works. They were
designed for hauling express passenger trains on the West Coast Main
Line and all carried names with a military association. They operated in
their original parallel boiler form until rebuilt with tapered boilers
under William Stanier between 1946 and 1949. No. 5540 ‘Sir Robert
Turnbull’ is in an LMS Crimson Lake livery. It is named after Robert
Turnbull who served as Lieutenant Colonel in the Engineer and Railway
Staff Corps and who also served the LNWR as its General Manager. He was
knighted in 1913. Features:
Gauge: OO, DCC Status: DCC Ready 21 pin socket, Operator: LMS, Designer:
Sir Henry Fowler, Minimum Curve (mm): Radius 2, Buffer Type: Moulded
Plastic Buffers, Coupling Type: Wide Tension Lock.
