Pullman 'Grosvenor'

[John-371706]

Good day everybody. This is my first posting on the forum, and is by way of a suggestion.

Another manufacturer has just announced that they are to produce a model in 00 of the SR/Bulleid CO-CO electric locomotives numbers 20001 and 20002.

These locos were famous for taking over the Newhaven Boat trains from the Brighton Billinton 4-4-2 steam engines. The catering vehicle is the train was almost always a vintage refurbished 12 wheel Brighton line Pullman car named 'Grosvenor'.

Hornby at one time produced a range of these 12 wheelers in model form and I was just wondering, if they have not already done so, if it would be worth producing a model of 'Grosvenor' so that we modellers could model the Newhaven boat trains.

Hornby could also perhaps, offer a Newhaven Boat train pack of their Maunsell or BR MK1 coaches with the correct Pullman using their excellent Class 71 E5XXX BO-BO electric loco as the motive power. The E5XXXs took over from the Bulleid locos in later years until the train was converted to EMU operation.

[What About The Bee]

Hi John

This belongs in the category of "Wishlists", as you wish Hornby would produce Grosvenor. There is a page dedicated to that, wherein Hornby has requested this type of information.

Bee

Alternatively, one of the mods might move this to the pinned thread in Wishlists.