Gauge: ‘OO’ Price: £197.99 Cat No: R3995 Site: www.hornby.com DCC: DCC ready, 8-pin socket Era: 4
Hornby’s BR ‘Clan’ 4-6-2 has been out of production for almost 10 years, but now it is back. MIKE WILD reviews one of two new arrivals for this autumn.
The BR ‘CLAN’ 4-6-2s were the second smallest class of the BR Standard series with just 10 locomotives being completed between 1951 and 1952 at Crewe Works – the only class built in smaller numbers was the unique BR ‘8P’ 71000 Duke of Gloucester. Originally a further order for 15 additional ‘Clans’ was proposed, but steel shortages and the onset of the Modernisation Plan in 1955 meant that they were never built. The class was allocated entirely between Polmadie shed in Glasgow and Carlisle Kingmoor, with the majority of their work focused on North West England and southern Scotland. Being such a small class with a short lifespan of just 15 years in service, modifications and variations were few. The last was withdrawn in 1966, but none of the ‘6MT’ mixed traffic ‘Pacifics’ were saved for preservation.
However, there is a new ‘Clan’ under construction – 72010 Hengist which is currently being assembled at CTL Seal in Sheffield. Find out more about the new build ‘Clan’ at
