Expected during Q1 2026 is the newly tooled range of GWR Dia M3 & M4 Shunters Trucks from Dapol in O Gauge!

Available in both GWR and BR liveries with a selection of running numbers and place names, as well as unnumbered variations, these unique vehicles fill a gap for those modelling the Western Region. These vehicles are suitable for a variety of layouts, having been used from the 1910s, right through to the 1980s!

The M3 Shunter’s trucks came around in 1912 when modifications were made to the previous design of M2 shunter’s truck which included self-contained buffers and non-wrap around handrails. Roughly 41 of these were built with modifications between the batches like lamp irons, step supports and handrails changing. In 1920, the design was changed and became the M4 shunter’s truck which don’t look very different from the later M3 ones. Roughly 44 of these were built up until 1938 with a few of the later batches having disk wheels fitted rather than spoked. Both types lasted into BR with some having steam heat through pipes and vac pipes fitted. A few Shunter’s trucks managed to last to the 70s/80s in locations such as Fowey and Cardiff. The Dapol model is designed to cover both these types and most of the differences between them. Also covered is the different lamp iron positions as they moved from GWR to BR.