Hornby Announce additional Pull Push set due November

In light of the demand for the recently released BR(s) Pull Push sets converted from Maunsell coaches Hornby have today announced the additional release of coach pack R4534A as Set 616 comprising of Driving Brake Composite number S6695S and Second Open number S1359S.  The coach pack should be available in November. This is a sensible addition to … Continue reading Hornby Announce additional Pull Push set due November

Hornby BR(s) Pull Push images added to review post

Just a quick post to advise that further to my review of the excellent Hornby models of the BR(s) Pull Push sets converted from Maunsell coaches I have now added my own images of Set 610 from the R4534 coach pack to my review post here. As per my subsequent post regarding availability of these … Continue reading Hornby BR(s) Pull Push images added to review post

Hornby Pull Push sets, rumours of demise have been exaggerated…

Further to my review of the excellent Hornby BR(s) Pull Push set conversions last week, it would certainly appear that they have been popular. In many cases retailers have sold out and in some cases have not been able to even full fill pre-orders. In some instances emails have been received from retailers advising that orders have been cancelled … Continue reading Hornby Pull Push sets, rumours of demise have been exaggerated…

BR(s) Pull Push sets arrive from Hornby

As first announced by Hornby in January this year the models of the BR conversions of Maunsell stock into Twenty Pull Push sets, that were converted by BR(SR) from late 1959 to mid 1960, have now started to hit the retailers.  The Hornby models correctly consisted of an 1935 built ex-Diagram 2403 Maunsell Brake Corridor Composite and a Diagram 2023 (ex … Continue reading BR(s) Pull Push sets arrive from Hornby