OO GaugeHornbyR3994 BR, A4 Class, 4-6-2, 60030 Golden Fleece LocoBrand new item direct from our new Yorkshire model railway shop.
Tech SpecsItem Scale 1:76 Scale 00 GaugeFinish PaintedColour GreenGauge OODCC Status DCC Ready 21 pin socket (This is NOT DCCfitted)Operator BRDesigner Sir Nigel GresleyWheel Configuration 4-6-2Livery BR GreenMinimum Curve (mm) Radius 2Class A4 Class Product InfoLNER 4495 ‘Great Snipe’, soon after renamed ‘Golden Fleece’was delivered from Doncaster Works in 1937. After entering service ‘GoldenFleece’ was chosen to haul the ‘West Riding Limited’, effectively another’Coronation’ express but serving Newcastle and Bradford rather than Edinburgh.Under Thompson’s 1946 numbering scheme the locomotive became No. 30, laterbecoming British Railways 60030 following nationalization. The locomotive waseventually withdrawn in 1962.