HMR-R30510 Hornby Stephenson’s Rocket OO-Scale DCC-Ready

HMR-R30510
R30510
Hornby
OO Scale
Stephenson’s Rocket
DCC-Ready
(Requires a 6-Pin DCC Decoder)

• Product Info

   

  For the first time, Stephenson's Rocket is presented as a solo locomotive, with a sleek yellow livery. This highly detailed, diminutive locomotive model is a must-have model for steam collectors, due to its historical importance and incredible model engineering.

  This historically important locomotive was built in 1829 to participate in the Rainhill Trials, a competition set-up by the promoters of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to find suitable motive power for its opening the following year.

  Built to the order of his father George (who was the L&MR’s principal engineer at the time), ‘Rocket’ was designed by Robert Stephenson and built at his Forth Street Works in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

  The design was the most advanced in its day and ‘Rocket’ won the Trials. The locomotive then became one of four that took part in the L&MR’s opening parade in September 1830.

  
  

  What's Inside

  1x Model Locomotive, 1x Accessory Pack, 1x Figure Pack, 1x Instructions