The Southern Railway Merchant Navy Class 21C1 Channel packet Co. This is a new Hornby model of the first of the  “Spam Cans” that were built. A wartime design like the Battle Of britain / West Country Class, this was a mixed use loco to get round the requirement that no express locos should be built. 30 were built with 10 making it into heritage use. The class was rebuilt in the 1950’s losing it’s Airflow design and with some mechanical changes. Although my layout is based in the north East of England, I felt that a train from Bournemouth or Southampton on the South Coast might have a Southern loco at the head, returning in the evening. To facilitate this I have a rake of Maunsell coaches in Southern Green which are lit. Along with a rake of Pullman coaches.