601516 HO H1b 4-6-4 Hudson CPR "Empress": #2816 Excursion - DCC Sound Rail-Gun 5 sq Metres (Aprox)

5 sq Metres (Aprox)

The Avro team felt that their new aircraft would be perfect for the role and later entered it in an official evaluation programme with the competitor de Havilland DH89M

for dock shunting and goods yard duties in northern England

The power cord is detachable for easy storage and transportation

then delivered to its final destination

601516 HO H1b 4-6-4 Hudson CPR "Empress": #2816 Excursion - DCC Sound Rail-Gun 5 sq Metres (Aprox)Designed by Chief of Motive Power & Rolling Stock Henry Blane Bowen, Canadian Pacifics H 1a and H 1 b class 4 6 4 Hudson locos were state of the art steam power when delivered. A total of twenty locos were delivered in two batches of ten each. The first batch, numbers #2800 2809, were delivered in 1929 and classified H1a. The second ten, numbers #2810 2819, were delivered in 1930 and were classified H1b. These locomotives were used on mainline