Hornby R40452 LNER – Gresley Corridor – 51668 – First Class Coach (ERA 3) (OO Gauge)

This highly detailed Gresley Corridor first-class coach is presented in a varnished teak finish with printed decoration including the LNER branding, ‘1’ on each door to mark its first-class status and its unique number 51668. The model has detail underneath and metal wheels for finer running. Hornby’s Gresley 61ft 6in coaching stock represents a standard design that Nigel Gresley continued from his days as CME at the Great Northern Railway, through to the LNER at the Grouping in 1923, with very little change to the basic layout of each vehicle. 

Finished in varnished teak, these LNER standard vehicles were ahead of their time, with Pullman-type gangways and buckeye couplings, that would later become standard on BR-built coaching stock. However, the wooden teak-panelled bodies were more traditional than modern, with square mouldings and windows. The company continued to build them until 1942 with little change over the 1923-42 build period. The coaches were mounted on Gresley double-bolster 8ft 6in bogies.