Model Year Details

1999 - Class A3 Locomotive - Flying Scotsman

U.K.
60103

Class A3 Locomotive - Flying Scotsman

Model: Class A3 Locomotive - Flying Scotsman (Overall Model page)
Running Number: 60103
Category: Steam Locomotives
Steam Locomotives
Locomotive Class: Class A3
Class A3
Designer: Sir Nigel Gresley
Class Information: Although Class A3 locomotives were introduced in 1928; the reality is that they were all re-builds of earlier A1 locomotives dating back to 1922. The locomotives were intended to replace the ageing Ivatt 4-4-2’s on the East Coast Mainline between London and Newcastle. One member of the class “Flying Scotsman” is with-out doubt the world’s best known steam locomotive and certainly the most traveled. More...
Weight: 154 tons
Purpose: Express Passenger
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-2
Wheel Arrangement Name: Pacific
4-6-2
Model Information: ---
Models Produced: ---
Company: B.R. - British Railways
Logo: B.R. Late Crest
Logo Years: 1956 - 1967
British Railways
Livery: B.R. Green
B.R. Green
Livery Details: Brunswick green with orange and black lining with yellow lettering.
Company Information: British Railways came into existence in 1948 when the dominating four British railway companies amalgamated. Steam traction on British Railways ended in 1968 and the system was re-branded as British Rail.
Year: 1999
Catalogue Number: R.2054
Year Information: Class A3 also gets the Super Detail treatment this year with a wealth of new detail including completely new valve gear and new scale wheels. This version bears the famous Flying Scotsman name (though note that The Flying Scotsman service from London to Edinburgh was not necessarily hauled by a locomotive of that name). New-model ringfield motor in the tender.
Model Motor: Ringfield (located in the tender)
Publication: Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Fifth Edition 1999
Publication Type: Catalogue
Publication Edition: 45th Edition
Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Fifth Edition 1999
Logo & Box Design:


UK Price List: £79.99
Aust Price List: ---
Can Price List: ---

Model Ranking:
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Previous: 65 - November 2023
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Model Year Details (9)

YEAR CAT IMAGE
1968 R.850 1968
Class A3 Locomotive - Flying Scotsman
1969 R.850 1969
Class A3 Locomotive - Flying Scotsman
1970 R.850 1970
Class A3 Locomotive - Flying Scotsman
1971 R.850 1971
Class A3 Locomotive - Flying Scotsman
1997 R.2020 1997
Class A3 Locomotive - Flying Scotsman
1998 R.2020 1998
Class A3 Locomotive - Flying Scotsman
1999 R.2054 1999
Class A3 Locomotive - Flying Scotsman
2000 R.2054 2000
Class A3 Locomotive - Flying Scotsman
2001 R.2054 2001
Class A3 Locomotive - Flying Scotsman

Related Service Sheets (5)

NO SERVICE SHEET NAME ISSUE DATE
204 4-6-2 Class A1/A3 Locomotive February 1998
217 A3 - A4 Super Detail May 2000
51 X.04 Mark IV Motor April 1968
76 Chassis, Bogie & Pony Truck - R.850, R.855 June 1969
89 4-6-2 Locomotive Chassis - R.855, R.871 June 1974

Model Photos & Notes (2)

DATE TYPE TITLE AUTHOR
6 Dec 2007 Information Model Number 850 Livery Change Colin Jones
12 Dec 2008 Information Livery Change Nigel Attwood

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