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LMS/BR Duchess Class 4-6-2 No. 46251 "City of Nottingham" by DJH Model Loco in OO Scale (4mm).
LMS/BR Duchess Class 4-6-2 No. 46251 "City of Nottingham" (de-streamlined tender). Finished BR Maroon Livery & Lining with British Railways Late Crest Tender. Fitted with two crew members.
DJH kit (K101) professionally handbuilt & painted in Britain. OO Scale (4mm).11 & 1/2 inches length (295 mm). Markits Motor & Gearbox. Markits specially scaled 6'9" (27mm) bevelled spoked wheels for this model. White Metal one piece Boiler, Firebox & Smokebox. Etched Brass Cab, Smoke Deflectors & Tender. Precision Etched Brass Frame Chassis. Brass Hand Rail Knobs. Etched Valve Gear. Etched Brass Name Plates, Boiler Number.
The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Coronation Class is a class of express passenger steam locomotives designed by William Stanier. They were an enlarged version of the LMS Princess Royal Class. Several examples were originally built as streamlined, though this was later removed. The non-streamlined locomotives were often referred to as Duchesses, though to enginemen they were often known as Big Lizzies.
They were the most powerful passenger steam locomotives ever to be built for the British railway network, estimated at 3300 horsepower and making them far more powerful than the diesel engines that replaced them.
BR Red was carried on 16 locomotives from the late 1950s: Nos. 46225-6, 46228-9, 46236, 46238, 46240, 46243-48, 46251, 46254, 46256 allocated to the London Midland Region. 46245 was the first, in December 1957; a further fifteen examples followed between May and November 1958. The style of lining varied: the first six repaints into crimson (including 46245) were lined out in the LMS style; the last ten received the BR style of lining as used on the standard green livery; no. 46247, originally lined in the LMS style, was given the BR style in July 1959; and by November 1961 those with the BR lining were repainted to match 46245.
This model represents N°46251 "City of Nottingham" that was painted BR red in from the late 1950s allocated to the London Midland Region repainted into crimson and lined out in the LMS style. There were many variations of detail among the ‘Duchesses’ and this model has been built from DJH kit N°K101 which specifically covers N°46251 "City of Nottingham", originally a non-streamlined locomotive whose tender was later swapped for the de-streamlined type.
LMS/BR Duchess Class 4-6-2 No. 46251 "City of Nottingham" by DJH Model Loco in OO Scale (4mm).
LMS/BR Duchess Class 4-6-2 No. 46251 "City of Nottingham" (de-streamlined tender). Finished BR Maroon Livery & Lining with British Railways Late Crest Tender. Fitted with two crew members.
DJH kit (K101) professionally handbuilt & painted in Britain. OO Scale (4mm).11 & 1/2 inches length (295 mm). Markits Motor & Gearbox. Markits specially scaled 6'9" (27mm) bevelled spoked wheels for this model. White Metal one piece Boiler, Firebox & Smokebox. Etched Brass Cab, Smoke Deflectors & Tender. Precision Etched Brass Frame Chassis. Brass Hand Rail Knobs. Etched Valve Gear. Etched Brass Name Plates, Boiler Number.
The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Coronation Class is a class of express passenger steam locomotives designed by William Stanier. They were an enlarged version of the LMS Princess Royal Class. Several examples were originally built as streamlined, though this was later removed. The non-streamlined locomotives were often referred to as Duchesses, though to enginemen they were often known as Big Lizzies.
They were the most powerful passenger steam locomotives ever to be built for the British railway network, estimated at 3300 horsepower and making them far more powerful than the diesel engines that replaced them.
BR Red was carried on 16 locomotives from the late 1950s: Nos. 46225-6, 46228-9, 46236, 46238, 46240, 46243-48, 46251, 46254, 46256 allocated to the London Midland Region. 46245 was the first, in December 1957; a further fifteen examples followed between May and November 1958. The style of lining varied: the first six repaints into crimson (including 46245) were lined out in the LMS style; the last ten received the BR style of lining as used on the standard green livery; no. 46247, originally lined in the LMS style, was given the BR style in July 1959; and by November 1961 those with the BR lining were repainted to match 46245.
This model represents N°46251 "City of Nottingham" that was painted BR red in from the late 1950s allocated to the London Midland Region repainted into crimson and lined out in the LMS style. There were many variations of detail among the ‘Duchesses’ and this model has been built from DJH kit N°K101 which specifically covers N°46251 "City of Nottingham", originally a non-streamlined locomotive whose tender was later swapped for the de-streamlined type.