This month, we're excited to reveal a whole host of FESTIVE SURPRISES - including a variety of NEW & RETURNING EXCLUSIVES! Stay tuned to our emails for more information. 

Today, we're delighted to reveal that our EXCLUSIVE Dapol OO Gauge LBSCR Class A1/ A1X 'Terrier' 0-6-0T steam locomotives are returning for another run! 

Returning after a number of years, our popular LBSCR Class A1 & A1X ‘Terriers’ have been upgraded with a number of enhancements to the original release, and are now available to pre order. The tooling allows for most variations of the A1, A1X and IOW variants of the locomotive to be produced, including two cab/bunker types, two smokebox/boilers. Wooden and metal brake rigging where appropriate. 

There are plenty of new models to pre-order in this new batch - including liveries that have never been produced in the range before! Place your orders now for delivery in Q3 2026.

More formally known as the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway A1 Class, this locomotive became affectionately known as the ‘Terrier’ due to the distinct bark of the exhaust. The class was designed by William Stroudley and 50 were built between 1872 and 1880 at the Brighton Works in Sussex. The original workings of the locomotive on the main London Lines of the class were eventually displaced by newer and more powerful locomotives and by the LBSCR electrification scheme. Some of the locomotives were sold to other operators but most were used for Branchline work and non revenue generating operations such as shunting. In this role the class continued in service until the 1960’s with the final active locomotive being decommissioned on the Hayling Island Line in Hampshire in November 1963. In all 10 Terriers survive into preservation.