CMF17. An LNER Gresley 7- Coach Streamlined Articulated 'Silver Jubilee' Set. In LNER two-tone grey livery with silver fittings. This is a 7- Coach set produced in brass by F.M. Models in Korea for L.H. Loveless. Comprising (1) Articulated pair of first class coaches. Brake First No. 1581 (Coach A) with All First No. 1582 (Coach B). (2) Articulated three coach Dining set. All First No. 1583 (Coach C), Kitchen Car No. 1584, and All Third No. 1585 (Coach D). (3) Articulated pair of third class coaches. All Third No. 1586 (Coach E) with Brake/Third No. 1587 (Coach F). This is a very lightly used set, having perhaps been on the track twice. All electrical pickups on the wheels are intact and the interior electrical lighting is working. Note that it is a heavy set requiring a powerful loco to haul it. It has buckeye couplings at each brake end for coupling to a locomotive (which can drop down to reveal a hook). The prototype commenced service as a 7- coach set on 30th September 1935 (an extra coach was later added to the third class coaches) but only lasted until the outbreak of war in September 1939. The train was made up of a twin articulated first class pair (Brake/First, All First), a triplet articulated Restaurant Car set (in the middle,with kitchen car in the centre and open first-class and third-class cars either side), and a twin articulated third class pair (All Third, Brake Third). The set is supplied in its original L.H. Loveless box with packing. PRICE REDUCTION TO £3150 FOR THE 7-COACH SET.
