Hornby: 2710 LNWR No.1, Centenary Year Limited Edition – 1920
Limited Edition Tin Plate Locomotive
With the Great War over and German toy trains not being imported due to the
bitterness towards the vanquished, Frank Hornby saw an opportunity to expand his
manufacturing business into the production of toy trains and consequently in
1920 he launched Hornby Trains.Frank Hornby’s first British made Hornby
‘0’ gauge locomotives were produced in tinplate and assembled using nuts and
bolts at the Meccano Ltd. factory situated in Binns Road, Liverpool. The first
locomotive design of this construction was a simple generic style 0–4–0
locomotive using a clockwork mechanism and connected to a simple 4 wheel
tender.The No.1 0–4–0 Hornby ‘0’ Gauge locomotive design featured
cylinders and connecting rods, plus brass handrail knobs. Also, all variants
were fitted with cylinders with the bodies having an enamelled finish.Inspired
by the railway companies of the day, the first four tinplate ‘0’ gauge
Hornby Trains locomotives produced respectively in 1920 were liveried in
Midland Railway (MR) Maroon, London North Western Railway (LNWR) Black,
Caledonian Railway (CR) Blue and Great Northern (GN) Green. These locomotives
continued to be produced until 1923.The four liveried Hornby Train replicas,
using where possible the original Frank Hornby design have been produced as
close to the original model specifications as possible but in place of a
clockwork mechanism a 12vDC electric motor has been fitted allowing for three
rail operation.
Hornby R3814
O Gauge (1:43 Scale)
0–4–0 tinplate locomotive 2710 LNWR No.1 – Hornby Centenary Year Limited
Edition – 1920
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A Collector's Piece
PieceOnly 100 of these ‘0’ Gauge highly collectable but functioning limited
edition models have been exclusively produced in four liveries, reminiscent of
the original tinplate locomotive produced by Frank Hornby in 1920, with each
model authenticated by an individually signed and numbered
certificate.Collectors who order more than one design of these limited-edition
products will receive the matching certificate number for each item making these
an extra special addition to your highly exclusive collection. Serious
collectors would be proud to own all four of these amazing collector pieces.
Please Note: These locomotives are ‘0’ Gauge
Please Note: Colour and contents of products may vary from those illustrated