BR 462 Nederland Line 35014 Merchant Navy Class R3566

Hornby BR 4-6-2 Nederland Line 35014 Merchant Navy Class R3566

Conceived in 1937 when Oliver Bulleid became Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Southern Railway, the Merchant Navy Class represented Bulleid’s vision for a quick accelerating, mixed traffic 4-6-2 locomotive, equally capable of hauling passenger services (such as the Golden Arrow and Atlantic Coast Expresses), or freight workings, to a speed of around 75mph. In 1934, Bulleid had been opposed to the use of streamlining but for the Merchant Navy’s ‘air smoothed' design, it suited his purposes of it being easy to clean mechanically and hiding the boiler’s external pipes, which in turn meant they could be run for function rather than aesthetics.

This Hornby model is DCC ready.