HORNBY® 2022 RANGE ANNOUNCEMENTS
New 00 gauge main range announcements are plentiful, bolstered by new additions to its revived Hornby Dublo brand, livery additions to existing steam, diesel/electric, electric and rolling stock tooling, plus layout accessories.
Headlining its main range locomotive announcements for 2022 are models of the experimental LMS Princess Royal Class ‘Turbomotive’ 4-6-2. An early experiment in utilising steam turbine technology for rail propulsion, the locomotive would be rebuilt as a mix of a Princess Royal Class locomotive and a Princess Coronation in 1952 owing to post-war austerity, following turbine failure. The rebuilt locomotive was wrecked beyond repair in the Harrow disaster of the same year.
Two livery variants of the model are to be offered in as-built condition (R30134) and in British Railways black with early crest (R30135). Models are to carry an RRP of £266.49, with DCC-fitted versions of each also available, priced at £290.49 with product codes carrying an ‘X’ suffix.
Continuing the LMS theme, the venerable widespread, numerous and versatile mixed-traffic Stanier 5MT ‘Black Five’ 4-6-0 is to rejoin its range. All-new tooling will enable the manufacturer to produce four initial guises of the locomotives, (R30224) No. 5200 in LMS lined black, (R30226) No. 45157 in lined BR black with early crest, (R30225SS) No. 44726 in lined BR black with early crest fitted with DCC sound and a steam generator (see separate story), plus an online exclusive (R30227) No. 44755 in BR lined
