R30510 Stephenson’s Rocket
Pre-order | Expected Spring 2026
£184.99
Item code:
R30510
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Product Info
For the first time, Stephenson's Rocket is presented as a solo locomotive, with a sleek yellow livery, fixed metal buffers and chain couplings. This highly detailed, diminuitive locomotive model is a must-have model for steam collectors, due to its historical importance and incredible model engineering.
This historically important locomotive was built in 1929 to participate in the Rainhill Trials, a competition set-up by the promoters of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to find suitable motive power for its opening the following year. Built to the order of his father George (who was the L&MR’s principal engineer at the time), ‘Rocket’ was designed by Robert Stephenson and built at his Forth Street Works in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The design was the most advanced in its day and ‘Rocket’ won the Trials. The locomotive then became one of four that took part in the L&MR’s opening parade in September 1930.
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Tech Specs
- Item Length - Without Packaging (cm)
- 8.8
- Item Height - Without Packaging (cm)
- 6
- Item Width - Without Packaging (cm)
- 3.5
- Item Scale
- 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
- License
- Yes
- Gauge
- OO
- DCC Status
- DCC Ready 6 pin socket
- Livery
- Yellow
- Minimum Curve (mm)
- Radius 1
- Buffer Type
- Fixed Metal Buffers
- Coupling Type
- Chains
- Hornby Decoder Compatibility Primary
- HM7000-6: Bluetooth® & DCC Decoder (6-pin)
Detailed scale model. Not suitable for children under 14 years. Please refer to safety notes in enclosed instruction leaflet. Colours and contents may differ from those illustrated. Please retain these details and the address for future reference.