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Catch-up year for Hornby - but Locomotion No. 1 highlights announcements

HERITAGE MODELLER NEWS

THE Hornby 2024 range was described by some in the modelling community as a ‘low key’ affair again this year, however, that was not to say it did not herald some interesting new announcements.

Back to the beginning

With the recent release of Stephenson’s and the L&MR and locomotives firmly denoting. Built by George and Robert Stephenson in 1825, it became the first steam locomotive to work a passenger-carrying train on a public railway. It is believed to be the first locomotive to make use of coupling rods to link the driving wheels together.

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