Dapol 7S-010-015 Terrier A1X Plain Black - Steam Tank Locomotive

Product Description

PROTOTYPE:

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) A1 Class is an English class of 0-6-0T steam locomotive. Designed by William Stroudley, 50 members of the class were built in 1872 and between 1874 and 1880, all at Brighton Works. The class has received several nicknames, initially being known as "Rooters" by their south London crews. However, the engines were more famously known as "Terriers" on account of the distinctive 'bark' of the exhaust beat.

Originally known as 'A' class, these diminutive tank locomotives were designed in 1870 to haul commuter trains on the heavily congested lines in South and South-East London. These included routes from London Bridge to both East and West Croydon, London Victoria to Sutton and the line from Victoria to London Bridge via Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill, as well as operating on the East London Railway under the Thames through the Thames Tunnel designed by Marc Isambard Brunel. Six locomotives were built for these services during 1872, and were successful thanks to their high acceleration between the closely spaced station stops and the use of lightweight trains. A further 44 were built between June 1874 and September 1880 to complement the original six.

They were distributed across most of the GWR network and, after nationalisation of the railways in 1948, across the British Railways Western Region, and also other regions.

FEATURES:

• Sprung metal buffers
• Die cast Running plate for extra quality and weight
• Complete with firebox glow and flicker
• Sprung metal coupling hook and screw coupling
• Etched plates where applicable
• Finely moulded body with many separately added fine details
• Cast profiled wheels with fine relief and appropriate colouring
• Tungsten chassis and all wheel pick up
• Powerful 5 pole skew wound motor with refined slow running control