new Hornby Platinum jubilee loco has arrived pictures

[Dublo collector]

Here are some pictures of my knew Hornby loco Queen Elizabeth 11 70th anniversary which arrived today here in nz .

So pictures of my new loco and Dublo Dorchester which was made 40 years before!.

The new loco run really smooth and i think is a welcome change in colour Chris Philpot.

[RB51]

Thanks for the photograph Christopher and welcome to the forum.

I may just point out that all images are held for moderation so your identical posts after this one have been removed. Moderation usually happens fairly swiftly.

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[96RAF]

Not to my taste as I was never keen on the experimental purple schemes either (each to their own), but it certainly is a stand out livery and if sales are anything to go by very popular.

[Going Spare]

Your Hornby-Dublo loco Dorchester stands comparison extremely well considering it was made 60 rather than 40 years ago. I have to say I, too, prefer the BR green livery.

[Brew Man]

Purple locos are an abomination in my opinion and real life examples a scourge on an otherwise tranquil countryside.

[ColinB]

Nothing wrong with the loco other than the price, I quite like the colour. I didn't even realise that they had started "shipping them".

[threelink]

Can't say I am a fan of the purple livery but there is an historical precedent for it. For one of Victoria's jubilees ( I forget which) the LNWR turned out one of Webb's compound "double singles" in purple and cream. I can't begin to imagine how the cleaners coped with it.

[Bulleidboy]

Still says available to pre-order on the Hornby site (this one) - I thought it had sold-out? Says for Autumn delivery.

[andys steam dayz]

Hi

I take it this loco on the photograph has been shipped to New Zealand direct from China as it does not look like it has arrived in the UK yet

[ColinB]

I did wonder as I had not seen any posts from the UK. The interesting point is though Hornby can pull all the stops out when they have to. So why is the 9F, P2 and a host of other locos not given the same treatment. I suppose there is the point that many of those will be on "pre order" price from Hornby over 2 years ago, so they won't be making that much profit on those.

[Topcat2018]

Yuk!!!

[Brew Man]

Your Hornby-Dublo loco Dorchester stands comparison extremely well considering it was made 60 rather than 40 years ago. I have to say I, too, prefer the BR green livery.

More like 65 as it's 3 rail, which gave way to 2 rail in 1959.

[Going Spare]

Agreed, the 2-rail system was launched in 1959 but my recollection is that 3-rail was not stopped until 1964. The two systems ran side-by-side for a few years with 2-rail locos being allocated product numbers in the 22xx series and 3-rail items being renumbered in to the 32xx series such as EDL18 becoming 3218. New identities for 3-rail locos were introduced as late as 1961 and both 2- and 3-rail versions of the West Country not appearing until that year with the 2250/3250 LMR emu following in 1962.

[RDS]

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[JJ73]

Interesting Colour!!! 🚂

[Dublo collector]

Hi

I take it this loco on the photograph has been shipped to New Zealand direct from China as it does not look like it has arrived in the UK yet

I collected this yesterday from my friends shop and tested it on his layout, The loco Certificate has no 2300 of 2500.

[Dublo collector]

Some of the money goes to charity for this loco

[Brew Man]

Agreed, the 2-rail system was launched in 1959 but my recollection is that 3-rail was not stopped until 1964. The two systems ran side-by-side for a few years with 2-rail locos being allocated product numbers in the 22xx series and 3-rail items being renumbered in to the 32xx series such as EDL18 becoming 3218. New identities for 3-rail locos were introduced as late as 1961 and both 2- and 3-rail versions of the West Country not appearing until that year with the 2250/3250 LMR emu following in 1962.

 

 

Ah, thanks, I didn't know that. I thought 3 rail stopped when 2 rail started. I was only 10 at the time and had no interest in 3 rail as it didn't seem very realistic, track-wise that is.

 

 

[AndyMac1707817969]

Wonder will we see a purple Jubilee class 67 from Hornby

[Brew Man]

Hopefully not.

[ellocoloco]

Fantastic looking loco. I really love the colour and next to the Dublo it really highlights how drab BR locos were. I wish more heritage railways would brighten up their locos. There is no need to be stuck in the past. Pearlescent BRG would look great on so many locos.

I dumped OO 35 years ago and only slipped up once for the Capt. Tom 66. I was sooooo close with this model. If only it was in HO...........

[ace2507]

Could be a while before we get this model in the UK with the current situation at Felixstowe.

[atom3624]

The most polite I can be is that I'm not a fan of the livery / colour scheme!!

Quite a collector's item nevertheless!!

Al.

[AndyMac1707817969]

Would like to see a steam loco done with thermochromic paint.

[ColinB]

I am not so sure atom3624, too many sold. Possibly for the first 6 months of sale but afterwards who knows. There are many limited edition locos out there that don't sell for much.