R30477 Hornby Dublo BR Merchant Navy - 35019 French Line CGT

New release - pre-orders invited - expected during 4th Quarter 2026. preauthkernow

Hornby say "A further addition to the highly collectable Hornby Dublo range comes in the form of Merchant Navy No. 35019 ‘French Line CGT’, in the vibrant express blue colour scheme of early British Railways. Moulded out of diecast, this high-fidelity model of a classic Bulleid ‘Spam Can’ is the ideal locomotive for collectors of Southern Region stock and Dublo Diecast models."

Model Specification:
- High detail OO gauge model based on extensive research and original works drawings
- Fully moulded in Diecast
- Diecast connecting rods and valve gear
- Accessory ‘RF’ Headboard
- High detail cab and fully decorated backhead with decorated instrument dials
- Large number of separately fitted parts
- Separately fitted simulated coal load with fully detailed tender bunker
- Powerful 5 pole skew wound motor
- Electrical pickups on main drive wheels and tender wheels
- 8-way locomotive to tender drawbar, with integrated electrical connection for easy coupling and decoupling.
- Pogo pin wheel pickup arrangement for easy pickup servicing
- Brass main drive bearings
- Sprung metal buffers
- Front and rear NEM coupling pocket
- Accessory bag
- Minimum 2nd Radius curves

Electronics:
- 21-Pin HM7000 decoder socket compatible with HM7000 system
- HM7000 Power Bank compatible

Livery:
- BR Lined Express Blue with ‘Cycling Lion’ early emblem on tender
- French Line CGT etched nameplates
- Semi-gloss finish
- Accurate colours and fonts
- Era 4

History
One of 30 ‘Merchant Navy’ Class ‘Pacifics’ built at the SR’s Eastleigh Works between 1941 and 1949, ‘French Line CTG’ emerged in June 1945 in malachite green livery as No. 21C19. The class was given names of merchant shipping companies associated with Southampton Docks, of which CTG – Compagnie Générale Transatlantique – was one, though it was widely known simply as ‘French Line’. The locomotive became BR No. 35019 in 1948 and was fitted with the new style wedge-shape cab and turned out in express passenger blue. It was rebuilt in May 1959, this time in BR lined green livery, which it wore until withdrawal from Weymouth shed in September 1965.