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R30397BR (Late) - Class J52 - '68846'
This locomotive entered service as one of Henry Ivatt’s ‘J13’ Class as No. 1247, having been built under contract by Sharp, Stewart in 1899. It became LNER ‘J52’ 4247 at the Grouping in 1923, and later 8846 under the LNER’s 1946 renumbering scheme.
It entered BR service as 68846 and was withdrawn from King’s Cross ‘Top Shed’ in May 1959, at which point it became the first preserved locomotive to be bought directly from BR when it was acquired by Captain W.G. Smith. It is now part of the National Collection and restored as GNR 1247.
R30400Hornby Dublo: BR (Early) - Princess Coronation - 46230 'Duchess of Buccleuch'
Also known as the ‘Duchess’ Class, Stanier’s ‘Princess Coronations’ were among the biggest and most powerful express passenger locomotives in Britain.
Thirty-five were built at Crewe Works between 1937 and 1948, many having streamlined casing. Ten were set aside for hauling the prestigious ‘Coronation Scot’ between London Euston and Glasgow. No. 46230 wasn’t one of those, but it was the first of the third batch of locomotives, which consisted of five non-streamlined versions, and went new to Camden in June 1938 as LMS No. 6230.
At Nationalisation in 1948, the locomotive became BR No. 46230 and was painted in lined Brunswick green as depicted by the model. At the time, the locomotive was based at Polmadie shed in Glasgow, from where it was withdrawn in December 1963.
31-319AGCR 9J (J11) 64305 BR Black (Early Emblem)
The Great Central Railway (GCR) Class 9J was the first goods locomotive to be designed by John. G. Robinson, the railway’s Chief Mechanical Engineer from 1900-1922. Between 1901 and 1910 a total of 174 locomotives were built and during the First World War, 18 were loaned to the Railway Operating Division and were shipped to France before returning home in 1919. The class quickly acquired the nickname ‘Pom-Poms’ as their exhaust noise sounded very similar to the ‘Pom-Pom’ quick-firing guns which were first used in the South African War.
In 1923 the GCR became part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), and the 9Js were re-classified as J11. The LNER quickly began modifying J11s to meet the then-new composite rolling stock gauge, this included using several different boiler and dome modifications to reduce the overall height of the locomotive.
Whilst primarily a goods engine, the J11s were used on some passenger services and over time these duties increased. During LNER ownership the distribution of the fleet gradually broadened, with examples allocated to sheds like Retford and Barnsley, and some were even sent to the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway.
The class survived to Nationalisation in 1948 when British Railways inherited the entire fleet, and it was not until 1954 that the first example was withdrawn. All had gone by 1962 however, and sadly none were saved for preservation.
374-900ABR Mk1 POS Post Office Sorting Van R.Mail Travelling Post Office Red
374-901CBR Mk1 POS Post Office Sorting Van Post Office Red
374-902BBR Mk1 POS Post Office Sorting Van BR Blue & Grey (Royal Mail)
374-903ABR Mk1 POS Post Office Sorting Van Royal Mail Letters Red
35-411AClass 47/0 47226 BR Blue
Towards the end of the 1950s, British Railways began planning a new fleet of diesel locomotives and after investigating several prototypes, BR decided to place an order with Brush Engineering for 20 locomotives during February 1961. The resulting design became the iconic Brush Type 4 Diesel locomotive, a practical, versatile design with a very distinctive cab. Powered with a Sulzer engine and initially rated at 2,750hp, the locomotive could achieve a top speed of 75mph with a tractive effort of 55,000lb. Building commenced in January 1962 and the first locomotive No. D1500 appeared in late September of the same year with test runs on the London Midland Region and Western Region. The design was a success and BR went on to order a total of 512 with continuous production through to early 1967, forming the largest single class of main-line diesel locomotives in the UK.
35-411ASFClass 47/0 47226 BR Blue With DCC Sound
Towards the end of the 1950s, British Railways began planning a new fleet of diesel locomotives and after investigating several prototypes, BR decided to place an order with Brush Engineering for 20 locomotives during February 1961. The resulting design became the iconic Brush Type 4 Diesel locomotive, a practical, versatile design with a very distinctive cab. Powered with a Sulzer engine and initially rated at 2,750hp, the locomotive could achieve a top speed of 75mph with a tractive effort of 55,000lb. Building commenced in January 1962 and the first locomotive No. D1500 appeared in late September of the same year with test runs on the London Midland Region and Western Region. The design was a success and BR went on to order a total of 512 with continuous production through to early 1967, forming the largest single class of main-line diesel locomotives in the UK.
35-411BClass 47/0 47238 BR Blue
Towards the end of the 1950s, British Railways began planning a new fleet of diesel locomotives and after investigating several prototypes, BR decided to place an order with Brush Engineering for 20 locomotives during February 1961. The resulting design became the iconic Brush Type 4 Diesel locomotive, a practical, versatile design with a very distinctive cab. Powered with a Sulzer engine and initially rated at 2,750hp, the locomotive could achieve a top speed of 75mph with a tractive effort of 55,000lb. Building commenced in January 1962 and the first locomotive No. D1500 appeared in late September of the same year with test runs on the London Midland Region and Western Region. The design was a success and BR went on to order a total of 512 with continuous production through to early 1967, forming the largest single class of main-line diesel locomotives in the UK.
35-411BSFClass 47/0 47238 BR Blue With DCC Sound
Towards the end of the 1950s, British Railways began planning a new fleet of diesel locomotives and after investigating several prototypes, BR decided to place an order with Brush Engineering for 20 locomotives during February 1961. The resulting design became the iconic Brush Type 4 Diesel locomotive, a practical, versatile design with a very distinctive cab. Powered with a Sulzer engine and initially rated at 2,750hp, the locomotive could achieve a top speed of 75mph with a tractive effort of 55,000lb. Building commenced in January 1962 and the first locomotive No. D1500 appeared in late September of the same year with test runs on the London Midland Region and Western Region. The design was a success and BR went on to order a total of 512 with continuous production through to early 1967, forming the largest single class of main-line diesel locomotives in the UK.
R30367 BR Early - Class J52 - 68873
No. 68873 was built in 1905 at Doncaster Works and entered service with the Great Northern Railway as No. 1274, initially allocated locally at Doncaster goods yard.
After becoming LNER No. 4274 in 1924, it was later renumbered as 8873 and made it into BR service in 1948 as No. 68873. Its allocations also included King’s Cross, Hornsey and Colwick, before being condemned in September 1955.
The model is finished in plain black with BR early ‘cycling lion’ crest as applied in the 1950s, with the five-digit number on the increased-capacity bunker sides. The locomotive also has the later-type safety valves and steam injectors.
31-065NER E Tank 495 NER Lined Green & Maroon
The NER E Class 0-6-0 Tank Locomotive, later classified as J71 by the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER), was designed by Thomas W. Worsdell for the North Eastern Railway and was intended to become the company’s standard design for shunting engines. T. W. Worsdell became the NER’s Locomotive Superintendent in 1885 and a year later, the first E Class tank entered traffic. Eventually totalling 120 locomotives, 60 were built under T. W. Worsdell’s tenure, followed by 60 more when his brother Wilson Worsdell took over as Locomotive Superintendent following Thomas’s retirement in 1890. Construction ceased in 1895 and three years later, Wilson introduced his own take on the design, the E1 Class, the first of which entered traffic in 1898.
31-066SFNER E (J71) Tank 317 LNER Lined Black With DCC Sound
The NER E Class 0-6-0 Tank Locomotive, later classified as J71 by the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER), was designed by Thomas W. Worsdell for the North Eastern Railway and was intended to become the company’s standard design for shunting engines. T. W. Worsdell became the NER’s Locomotive Superintendent in 1885 and a year later, the first E Class tank entered traffic. Eventually totalling 120 locomotives, 60 were built under T. W. Worsdell’s tenure, followed by 60 more when his brother Wilson Worsdell took over as Locomotive Superintendent following Thomas’s retirement in 1890. Construction ceased in 1895
31-069NER E (J71) Tank 68260 BR Black (Early Emblem)
The NER E Class 0-6-0 Tank Locomotive, later classified as J71 by the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER), was designed by Thomas W. Worsdell for the North Eastern Railway and was intended to become the company’s standard design for shunting engines. T. W. Worsdell became the NER’s Locomotive Superintendent in 1885 and a year later, the first E Class tank entered traffic. Eventually totalling 120 locomotives, 60 were built under T. W. Worsdell’s tenure, followed by 60 more when his brother Wilson Worsdell took over as Locomotive Superintendent following Thomas’s retirement in 1890. Construction ceased in 1895
31-069SFNER E (J71) Tank 68260 BR Black (Early Emblem) With DCC Sound
The NER E Class 0-6-0 Tank Locomotive, later classified as J71 by the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER), was designed by Thomas W. Worsdell for the North Eastern Railway and was intended to become the company’s standard design for shunting engines. T. W. Worsdell became the NER’s Locomotive Superintendent in 1885 and a year later, the first E Class tank entered traffic. Eventually totalling 120 locomotives, 60 were built under T. W. Worsdell’s tenure, followed by 60 more when his brother Wilson Worsdell took over as Locomotive Superintendent following Thomas’s retirement in 1890. Construction ceased in 1895
35-429Class 47/7 47791 'Venice Simplon Orient Express' Rail Express Systems
Towards the end of the 1950s, British Railways began planning a new fleet of diesel locomotives and after investigating several prototypes, BR decided to place an order with Brush Engineering for 20 locomotives during February 1961. The resulting design became the iconic Brush Type 4 Diesel locomotive, a practical, versatile design with a very distinctive cab. Powered with a Sulzer engine and initially rated at 2,750hp, the locomotive could achieve a top speed of 75mph with a tractive effort of 55,000lb. Building commenced in January 1962 and the first locomotive No. D1500 appeared in late September of the same year with test runs on the London Midland Region and Western Region. The design was a success and BR went on to order a total of 512 with continuous production through to early 1967, forming the largest single class of main-line diesel locomotives in the UK.
39-429SFClass 47/7 47791 'Venice Simplon Orient Express' Rail Express Systems With DCC Sound
35-416Class 47/0 47280 BR Railfreight Grey
Towards the end of the 1950s, British Railways began planning a new fleet of diesel locomotives and after investigating several prototypes, BR decided to place an order with Brush Engineering for 20 locomotives during February 1961. The resulting design became the iconic Brush Type 4 Diesel locomotive, a practical, versatile design with a very distinctive cab. Powered with a Sulzer engine and initially rated at 2,750hp, the locomotive could achieve a top speed of 75mph with a tractive effort of 55,000lb. Building commenced in January 1962 and the first locomotive No. D1500 appeared in late September of the same year with test runs on the London Midland Region and Western Region. The design was a success and BR went on to order a total of 512 with continuous production through to early 1967, forming the largest single class of main-line diesel locomotives in the UK.
35-416SFClass 47/0 47280 BR Railfreight Grey With DCC Sound
Towards the end of the 1950s, British Railways began planning a new fleet of diesel locomotives and after investigating several prototypes, BR decided to place an order with Brush Engineering for 20 locomotives during February 1961. The resulting design became the iconic Brush Type 4 Diesel locomotive, a practical, versatile design with a very distinctive cab. Powered with a Sulzer engine and initially rated at 2,750hp, the locomotive could achieve a top speed of 75mph with a tractive effort of 55,000lb. Building commenced in January 1962 and the first locomotive No. D1500 appeared in late September of the same year with test runs on the London Midland Region and Western Region. The design was a success and BR went on to order a total of 512 with continuous production through to early 1967, forming the largest single class of main-line diesel locomotives in the UK.
35-431Class 47/4 47826 WCRC Maroon
Towards the end of the 1950s, British Railways began planning a new fleet of diesel locomotives and after investigating several prototypes, BR decided to place an order with Brush Engineering for 20 locomotives during February 1961. The resulting design became the iconic Brush Type 4 Diesel locomotive, a practical, versatile design with a very distinctive cab. Powered with a Sulzer engine and initially rated at 2,750hp, the locomotive could achieve a top speed of 75mph with a tractive effort of 55,000lb. Building commenced in January 1962 and the first locomotive No. D1500 appeared in late September of the same year with test runs on the London Midland Region and Western Region. The design was a success and BR went on to order a total of 512 with continuous production through to early 1967, forming the largest single class of main-line diesel locomotives in the UK.
31-884AMR 3835 (4F) with Fowler Tender 43982 BR Black (Late Crest)
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.
31-884ASFMR 3835 (4F) with Fowler Tender 43982 BR Black (Late Crest) With DCC Sound
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.
31-885MR 3835 (4F) with Johnson-Deeley Tender 3850 LMS Black (MR Numerals)
he LMS 4F was seen as the ultimate development of the humble 0-6-0 tender locomotive, and the Bachmann Branchline model is a faithful OO Scale replica of this iconic type. The 4F was borne by the Midland Railway (MR) and this Branchline model depicts a locomotive in service with the MR’s predecessors, the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS). Coupled to a Johnson-Deeley Tender which is adorned with large MR-style numbers, the only indicator of the loco’s new owners is the small LMS lettering on the cabside.
31-885SFMR 3835 (4F) with Johnson-Deeley Tender 3850 LMS Black (MR Numerals) With DCC Sound
he LMS 4F was seen as the ultimate development of the humble 0-6-0 tender locomotive, and the Bachmann Branchline model is a faithful OO Scale replica of this iconic type. The 4F was borne by the Midland Railway (MR) and this Branchline model depicts a locomotive in service with the MR’s predecessors, the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS). Coupled to a Johnson-Deeley Tender which is adorned with large MR-style numbers, the only indicator of the loco’s new owners is the small LMS lettering on the cabside.
31-886MR 3835 (4F) with Fowler Tender 43892 BR Black (British Railways)
The LMS 4F was seen as the ultimate development of the humble 0-6-0 tender locomotive, and the Bachmann Branchline model is a faithful OO Scale replica of this iconic type. First borne by the Midland Railway (MR) in 1911, the 4Fs remained in traffic until the final days of BR steam but we’re depicting No. 43892 at the start of its BR career with British Railways wording on its Fowler tender, as seen soon after BR was formed in 1948.
31-886SFMR 3835 (4F) with Fowler Tender 43892 BR Black (British Railways) With DCC Sound
The LMS 4F was seen as the ultimate development of the humble 0-6-0 tender locomotive, and the Bachmann Branchline model is a faithful OO Scale replica of this iconic type. First borne by the Midland Railway (MR) in 1911, the 4Fs remained in traffic until the final days of BR steam but we’re depicting No. 43892 at the start of its BR career with British Railways wording on its Fowler tender, as seen soon after BR was formed in 1948.
960001MANNING WARDLE L CLASS 'MATTHEW MURRAY'
THIS LOCO REQUIRES AN E24 DCC DECODER.
960002MANNING WARDLE L CLASS 'ARTHUR'
THIS LOCO REQUIRES AN E24 DCC DECODER.
960003MANNING WARDLE L CLASS 'SIR BERKELEY' (AS PRESERVED)
THIS LOCO REQUIRES AN E24 DCC DECODER.
960004MANNING WARDLE L CLASS 'SIR BERKELEY' (CRANFORD CONDITION)
THIS LOCO REQUIRES AN E24 DCC DECODER.
960005MANNING WARDLE L CLASS 'LOGAN & HEMMINGWAY'
THIS LOCO REQUIRES AN E24 DCC DECODER.
960006MANNING WARDLE L CLASS 'FORWARD'
THIS LOCO REQUIRES AN E24 DCC DECODER.
960007MANNING WARDLE L CLASS 'BOMBAY'
THIS LOCO REQUIRES AN E24 DCC DECODER.
E85019LSWR Adams T3 561 LSWR Adams Green
Part of a family of four 4-4-0 locomotives, the first T3 was built by the LSWR in 1892 and by the end of 1893, the twenty-strong fleet had been completed. The elegant appearance of the T3 carried many hallmarks of a locomotive designed by William Adams, with long frames extending beyond the smokebox and stovepipe chimneys. Intended for use on the undulating lines west of Salisbury, they worked from depots on the Bournemouth line as well as the West of England line. Whilst in service several changes and modifications were made to the locomotives including the replacement of the original equalising beam suspension with traditional springing. In addition, once Dugald Drummond took post as the LSWR’s Chief Mechanical Engineer he began to change the stovepipe chimney to one of his own design whilst some examples also received Drummond boilers.
E85023LSWR Adams T3 564 LSWR Urie Green
Part of a family of four 4-4-0 locomotives, the first T3 was built by the LSWR in 1892 and by the end of 1893, the twenty-strong fleet had been completed. The elegant appearance of the T3 carried many hallmarks of a locomotive designed by William Adams, with long frames extending beyond the smokebox and stovepipe chimneys. Intended for use on the undulating lines west of Salisbury, they worked from depots on the Bournemouth line as well as the West of England line. Whilst in service several changes and modifications were made to the locomotives including the replacement of the original equalising beam suspension with traditional springing. In addition, once Dugald Drummond took post as the LSWR’s Chief Mechanical Engineer he began to change the stovepipe chimney to one of his own design whilst some examples also received Drummond boilers.
R30420Hornby Dublo - BR - English Electric DP1 - 'Deltic' NRM Preserved
The prototype English Electric 3,000hp diesel electric, ‘Deltic’ emerged from Dick, Kerr & Co. Works in Preston in 1955, as a demonstrator. Fitted with two Napier Deltic engines, it appeared in a head-turning powder blue livery with cream nose whiskers below an American-style headlight cowling. Such was the locomotive’s success, British Railways ordered 22 production models for use on its East Coast Main Line express services.
R30510Stephenson’s Rocket
For the first time, Stephenson's Rocket is presented as a solo locomotive, with a sleek yellow livery. This highly detailed, diminutive locomotive model is a must-have model for steam collectors, due to its historical importance and incredible model engineering.
This historically important locomotive was built in 1829 to participate in the Rainhill Trials, a competition set-up by the promoters of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to find suitable motive power for its opening the following year.
Built to the order of his father George (who was the L&MR’s principal engineer at the time), ‘Rocket’ was designed by Robert Stephenson and built at his Forth Street Works in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The design was the most advanced in its day and ‘Rocket’ won the Trials. The locomotive then became one of four that took part in the L&MR’s opening parade in September 1830.

















