The Darstaed Finescale O Gauge Class A4 is a museum-quality scale model constructed entirely from brass. Just 200 examples have been produced of the legendary streamlined express locomotive, including three liveries and some of the most famous names.
Ellis Clark Trains is the exclusive UK distributor for this limited run of collectors’ models. Alongside all-brass construction, the Darstaed A4 features an array of stunning detail and the same ABC motor/gearbox combination as the Ellis Clark Trains Black 5, ensuring flawless performance on the track. DCC sound models are equipped with dual speakers, YouChoos sound file on a Zimo MS950 decoder and Zimo synchronised smoke generator.
Available from November, models are priced at £2495 for DC/Analogue versions and £2795 for those equipped with DCC sound and synchronised smoke.
As the Darstead A4 is the perfect soulmate for their finescale coaches, we’ve put together some fantastic bundles. You’ll receive 15% off your entire orderwhen you buy an A4 with three or more Pullman or Thompson coaches and also with an ‘Elizabethan’ Thompson set.
You can pre-order your Darstaed A4 now, with nothing to pay until delivery. If you’re ordering an A4 bundle with coaches, you’ll need to contact us to avoid being charged for the coaches before the locos arrive. You can either:
Darstaed have produced 14 A4s; all are available either DCC Ready or fitted with DCC sound and smoke.
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No. 4468 MALLARD, LNER Garter Blue (present day, as preserved) The most famous A4, Mallard broke the world speed record in July 1938 and holds it to this day. The engine is preserved and on static display at the National Railway Museum in York. |
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No. 4464 BITTERN, LNER Garter Blue (as preserved) Bittern took charge of the last A4-hauled passenger service (between Glasgow and Aberdeen) in September 1966. The engine is preserved and currently undergoing extensive overhaul at Crewe. |
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No. 4482 GOLDEN EAGLE, LNER Garter Blue (1938–42 and 1947–49) Golden Eagle entered service in December 1936 and during its first stint in Garter Blue (1938–42, prior to receiving wartime black) was based at Haymarket, Gateshead and Heaton sheds. |
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No. 4489 DOMINION OF CANADA, LNER Garter Blue (present day, as preserved) One of the original ‘Coronation’ engines, Dominion of Canada now resides at the Railway Museum of Greater Montreal, Canada. |
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No. 60012 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, BR Express Blue (1949–52) This engine hauled the first northbound ‘Coronation’ train in July 1937, when it reached York in just 2hr 35min. During its time in BR blue livery, it was based at Haymarket (with a short spell at Polmadie) and regularly operated Edinburgh to Glasgow trains. |
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No. 60007 SIR NIGEL GRESLEY, BR Express Blue (present day, as preserved) New to Kings Cross shed in 1937, ‘Sir Nigel’ was the 100th ‘Pacific’ engine built to his design and so named in his honour. One of the engines allocated to Glasgow–Aberdeen expresses in the 1960s, it was preserved and operates main-line charters to this day. |
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No. 60017 SILVER FOX, BR Green (1949–63) Silver Fox sported a stainless steel fox on its boiler sides until withdrawal and was the first to be retrofitted with a Kylchap double blastpipe and chimney (in 1957). It operated the final A4 passenger train from Kings Cross (to Leeds) in October 1963 and was scrapped shortly afterwards. |
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No. 60007 SIR NIGEL GRESLEY, BR Green (1952–66) Sir Nigel Gresley carried BR green from 1952 and holds the post-war speed record for steam engines, having reached 112mph down Stoke Bank in May 1959. |
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No. 60008 DWIGHT D EISENHOWER, BR Green (1952–63/Preservation) Originally Golden Shuttle, this engine was renamed in 1945 to honour the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces (Europe) during WW2. It is preserved today as a static exhibit at the National Museum of Green Bay, Wisconsin. |
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No. 60011 EMPIRE OF INDIA, BR Green (1952–63) Empire of India spent almost all its life in Scotland, from allocation to Haymarket in 1938 to withdrawal when at Aberdeen in 1964. Prior to WW2, the engine clocked up a century, having hauled ‘The Coronation’ between Edinburgh and London on 100 occasions. |
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No. 60009 UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA, BR Green (1952–63/Preservation) This engine clocked up the highest mileage of the A4 class, with 1,900,000 covered between 1937 and 1966. Based in Scotland from the start, it hauled both the first and last southbound ‘Elizabethans’ and is currently stored in Fife. |
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No. 60022 MALLARD, BR Green (1952–63) Mallard received BR green in July 1952 and with its corridor tender (fitted in 1948) was a regular choice for non-stop workings between London and Edinburgh. |
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No. 60027 MERLIN, BR Green (1952–65) Another engine that spent its entire life based in Scotland, Merlin moved from Haymarket to St Rollox in 1962, where it hauled Glasgow–Aberdeen expresses for another three years until withdrawal. |
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No. 60024 KINGFISHER, BR Green (1952–66) Kingfisher wore purple, BR blue and then BR green during the post-war period. As a Haymarket engine with a corridor tender, it hauled many of the non-stop Anglo-Scottish trains before being enlisted for internal Scottish workings in 1963. |
