Gresley developed a three-cylinder 4-6-0 to cope with increased loadings on the LNER’s East Anglian passenger services in the shape of the B17 Class, as he could not use his famous ‘Pacifics’ due to weight constraints. Two of the class were given A4-style streamlining in September 1937 for publicity purposes, including No. 2870 Tottenham Hotspur, which was then renamed City of London. They were designated B17/5s, but the streamlining was removed in April 1951. The locomotive, originally built by Robert Stephenson & Co in 1937, was withdrawn in April 1960.

Specifications

• Item Length - Without Packaging (cm): 25.4
• Item Height - Without Packaging (cm): 5.5
• Item Width - Without Packaging (cm): 3.5
• Item Weight - Without Packaging: 1.07
• Item Scale: 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
• Finish: Painted
• Colour: Green
• Gauge: OO
• DCC Status: DCC Ready 21 pin socket
• Operator: LNER
• Designer: Gresley
• Livery: LNER
• Minimum Curve (mm): Radius 2
• Motor: 5 Pole Skew wound
• Number of Parts: 1
• Class: B17 Class
• Coupling Type: NEM Couplings