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No. 179 45157 Glasgow Highlander

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R30226 or R2449 – both in fact?  Hornby Glasgow Highlander R30226 top left R2449 bottom right 2024 and Hornby have released an updated version of Black Five Gordon Highlander Hornby Glasgow Highlander R30226 My first Hornby Gordon Highlander, product number R2449, arrived in 2020.  I was probably late in the day judging by the product number and I am guessing that the model had been released around 2012. Hornby Glasgow Highlander R2449 with blue background to the crest Spring 2024 and Hornby issued an updated model.  Perhaps they have a lot unsold and I was offered one at a price that I thought I couldn’t refuse.  (My wife might have had a different view!) Hornby Glasgow Highlander R30226 with gold coloured crest, unlined cylinders, speedo cable and AWS trunking along the edge of the footplate . The newly engineered Glasgow Highlander R30226 was issued slightly ahead of its stable mate R30227 the Caprotti fitted number 44755.  Both new Black Fives, R30226 and R30227 are fitted with Ho