26 Feb Hornby OO Gauge Princess Royal Class 2nd Generation
The Princess Royal Class was totally re-tooled by Hornby for the 1984 catalogue, and was initially launched as R050 No. 6200, ‘The Princess Royal’ & R080 Princess Elizabeth. The model was much improved, especially in terms of proportions and length, and was driven by a new Ringfield Type 6 motor housed in the tender. R050 uniquely came with the ‘Fowler style’ tender which 6200 & 6201 were both built with in 1933, soon to be upgraded in 1935 with larger capacity tenders.