Hornby R3558 4-6-0 The Ranger 46165 Royal Scot Class/Late BR Train Model Set

By 1926, faced with a stock book of outdated and unsuitable mainline locomotive traction, the London Midland Scottish Railway had an urgent need for ?provision of an improved and more powerful type of passenger engine for the purpose of avoiding double heading and duplication of certain heavy express passenger main line services?. In October 1926, following a degree of procrastination by the ma...