Hornby R30405 GWR Lord Palmer 2975 OO Gauge
DCC Ready – 21 pin
Entering service in March 1905, initially as the unnamed No. 175, it was given the name Viscount Churchill in 1907 and was numbered 2975 in December 1912. In February 1924, the locomotive was renamed Sir Ernest Palmer, but following the raising to the peerage of Baronet Palmer in June 1933, it was subsequently renamed Lord Palmer in the October of that year. The locomotive was extensively damaged in an accident while hauling a goods train at Appleford in December 1942 and was finally withdrawn on 30 November 1944 from Bristol Bath Road shed after a creditable 39 years and nine months of service.
