New in stock at Rails is the latest batch of Midland Railway 3835 Class/ LMS Class 4F 0-6-0 steam locomotives in OO Gauge from Bachmann!
There are three new variations of this popular little tender engine to choose from in a choice of LMS black and BR black liveries. All three can be specified either digital ready or pre-fitted with high quality digital sound.
The 4Fs were simple yet beautiful machines and the Branchline model pays homage to that with high fidelity mouldings for the main components which are all mounted on a diecast metal running plate. Look inside the cab and you will find a sublime level of detail.
The black colour scheme may not seem like the most difficult livery to replicate but the usual care and attention that you expect from Bachmann Branchline has been employed to ensure that the paint finish is rich and consistent throughout. The Branchline 4F runs as well as it looks thanks to a power full three pole motor and diecast metal gearbox. The locomotive driving wheels run in separate metal bearings and all six driving wheels are equipped with electrical pickups, tender pickups are included too. The tender houses a 21 Pin decoder socket and pre-fitted speaker, making it easy to upgrade this model to DCC or DCC sound, or why not opt for our SOUND FITTED model and the work’s done for you.
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Product Features
Highly detailed model with separately fitted parts including handrails, lamp irons, pipework, vents, safety valve, whistle and much more
Accurate tooling variations covering multiple eras of operation including chimneys, tenders, safety valves, connecting rods and more
Heavy diecast chassis
Digital & Sound capability - 21-pin socket in tender with a factory fitted speaker. (Factory sound fitted models available too)
Powerful 3-pole motor with six-wheel drive and all-wheel electrical pickups
Adjustable tender drawbar
Sprung metal buffers
Accessory pack with optional extras
NEM tension lock couplings
Prototype Information
Designed by Henry Fowler for the Midland Railway (MR), the 3835 Class was first introduced in 1911. Construction of these 0-6-0 freight locomotives was shared between the Midland Railway’s Derby Works and outside contractor Armstrong Whitworth, with 197 examples built by 1922; 192 for the Midland Railway and five for the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR).
After the Grouping in 1923, the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) inherited all 192 locomotives from the MR (and later the five S&DJR examples when it absorbed that company in 1930) and gave the locos the designation Class 4F. The LMS commenced construction of further 4Fs, much to the same design as the 3835 Class, although the LMS-built locos were left hand drive whereas the original Midland machines were right hand drive.
The 4F was seen as the ultimate development of the 0-6-0 tender locomotive and the type epitomised the British goods engine. The LMS went on to build 575 examples between 1924 and 1941 and all of them, plus the 197 Midland-built locos, entered BR stock following Nationalisation in 1948.
Withdrawals did not commence until 1954, with the 3835 Class all gone by 1965 (the last 4Fs would survive only a year longer), however one MR-built locomotive has survived into preservation, No. 43924. No. 43924 is also notable as being the first locomotive to leave the Woodham Brothers Scrapyard in Barry, South Wales, when it departed in September 1968 for its new home at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway where the loco is still based today.