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HORNBY LNER A1

ri-ang/Hornby has had a nonstreamlined Gresley Pacific in its portfolio for many years, starting in the ‘60s with Flying Scotsman in both LNER and BR conditions. Down the years, there have been many different ones, including tender drive, until, in the first decade of this century we were treated to the ‘ultimate’ RTR A1/A3. This is the latest A1 manifestation, and it is generally superb. The prototype was one of the first batch of A1s built for the LNER by the North

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