R30232 Hornby Centenary 1930 "Lion" Train Pack of the L&MR

Centenary 1930 "Lion" Train Pack of the L&MR, 

• L&MR steam locomotive No.57, "Lion"
• 2 First Class Coaches
• 1 open carriage

L&MR locomotive No.57, ‘Lion’ was built by Todd, Kitson & Laird at their Leeds Works in 1837.

By 1930 the newly refurbished ‘Lion’ became one of the star attractions of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway Centenary exhibition in September of that year. Using replica coaches and carriages of the period ‘Lion’ offered trips around a circular track at the Wavertree Playground.
The L&MR No. 57, ‘Lion’ included in this pack represents the locomotive as it appeared in the 1930 L&MR Centenary Exhibition and includes coaches and carriages as used at that time

Epoch: I

Length over Buffers: 310 mm