Product Description
The BR Class A4 4-6-2 60016 'Silver King', complete with the totally new HM7000 Control System.
The ‘Silver King’, designed by Sir Nigel Gresley and built in 1935, features the recognisable streamlined design which made it capable of achieving high speeds, a most valuable attribute when there was increased competition on routes to Scotland. ‘Silver King’ was the 3rd Class A4 locomotive to be built and was designed to pull the ‘Silver Jubilee’ service. The locomotive entered service in November 1935 in the unique LNER silver livery designed for the service and retained its name even after it had been painted out of its Silver Jubilee livery.
The locomotive contains a pre-fitted decoder which when used via the FREE to download HM|DCC app, enables access to a whole range of functions including sounds such as multiple whistles, a carriage break squeal, the guard’s whistle and even a slamming door.
Benefits of the HM7000 system include:
- Control via the FREE to download HM|DCC app using a smart ‘phone or device
- FREE sound profiles
- CV editing without having to remove the locomotive from the layout
- Bluetooth® technology – enabling fast and wire free instruction processing
- Triplex sound unique to Hornby
- Decoders are fully compatible with existing Hornby DCC controllers.
Functionality to include:
- Background Steam/Steam exhaust/Coasting ON-OFF
- Multiple Whistles
- Brake
- Cylinder Cock
- Wheel Slip
- and so much more...
Please ensure that your smart device is able to download the HM | DCC app prior to the purchase of any HM7000 products.
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Product Info
The LNER Gresley A4 is one of the most iconic express locomotives in Great Britain, with its streamlined casing a classic symbol of the attitude towards speed and design in the 1930s, which saw increased competition to the railways from road and air travel. The LNER Board knew that they had to make travel between the major cities faster, comfortable and more reliable.
Nigel Gresley, the LNER's Chief Mechanical Officer, travelled on the Fliegende Hamburger diesel locomotive in Germany and was impressed by its streamlining, although he realized it was only efficient at high speeds. Gresley was certain that a modified A3 Pacific, with streamlining, could haul greater loads than other locomotives at the same speed or faster and a series of trials were conducted to confirm the A3's suitability.
With the trials successfully completed, the LNER Board gave Gresley the go-ahead to create the "Silver Jubilee" streamlined trains, the first of the new streamlined A4s.The streamlining of the A4s' steam circuit, higher boiler pressure and extension of the firebox to create a combustion chamber made them more efficient than the A3 as they consumed less coal and water- especially later on when they were also fitted with a Kylchap double chimney. This improved their free steaming capabilities further. Their streamlined design not only made them capable of high speeds, but created an up draught of smoke, obscuring the driver's vision, a major problem on the new Class A4 engines. The story goes that during wind tunnel testing, after several unsuccessful efforts to get the smoke to lift clear, a thumbprint was inadvertently left on the clay model just behind the chimney. This succeeded in clearing the smoke and was incorporated into the final design.
2511 Silver King was the 3rd A4 locomotive to be built, designed to pull the Silver Jubilee service. The locomotive entered service in November 1935 in the unique LNER Silver livery designed for the service. The locomotive would go on to work under BR before being scrapped in 1965, making it one of the longest serving A4 locomotives.
Welcome to the HM7000 Control System
HM7000 is an innovative way of controlling and operating model railways. Combining Bluetooth® technology and app-based control, the HM7000 Control System has been designed to revolutionise the controlling of a model railway.
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- Bluetooth® Connectivity
- Free Sounds
- Quick CV Editing
- Multiple Control Options
- 40+ Profile Settings
- Other Options
