No. 162 Black Friday Black Five
I have lost count of how many Black Fridays there are in November but I used each Friday (and some of the other days) to stock up on more of Hornby’s Super Detail Black Fives. One of Hornby’s newer models with Combined Top Feed, 45190 aka R2904 I bought 45190 my first super detail Black Five back in 2011. I was underwhelmed by how lightweight the engine was and how little it could haul. As a result it spent the next few years resting at the end of the engine shed headshunt. Most recently I have been following Dan’s Stranraer Harbour thread on RMweb and have been inspired to revisit my Black Five. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/140736-now-with-videos-stranraer-%E2%80%98themed%E2%80%99-loft-layout-1959-64/ Some older models, 44781 and 44871 aka Hornby R2686A&B I don’t think that I had ever looked inside the engine but the front end of the boiler and smoke box is empty. Despite what it doesn’t say on the box, all the super detail models that