L.H.Loveless Gauge-1 LNER Class W1 #10000 Hush Hush Steam Locomotive

Description

Featuring fully detailed/painted cab interior details. Under-frame details such as brake system are faithfully represented by this stunning prestige model. W1 Hush Hush is true legend, this is the finest model ever made. Gauge 1. History: The LNER W1 No. 10000 (also known as the Hush-Hush due to its secrecy) was an experimental steam locomotive fitted with a high pressure water-tube boiler. Nigel Gresley was impressed by the results of using high-pressure steam in marine applications and so in 1924 he approached Harold Yarrow of shipyard & boilermakers Yarrow & Company of Glasgow to design a suitable boiler for a railway locomotive, based on Yarrow's design.

Price

SOLD

Category

European Prototypes / Others

Condition

New