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Bachmann 35-051

LNWR Webb Coal Tank 7841 LMS Black (Original)

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Prototype Era
Era 3 (1923 to 1947) The Big Four (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR)

Manufacturer description

LNWR Webb Coal Tank 7841 LMS Black

Built: 1881 – 1897

Built for: LNWR (absorbed by the LMS)

Designed by: Francis W. Webb

Duties: passenger

Wheels: 0-6-2T

Highlights

• Fully detailed and decorated cab interior

• LMS patter lamp irons and Ross Pop safety valves

• Representation of the inside valve gear and realistic daylight between the frames

History

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Webb Coal Tank is a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive. They were called "Coal Tanks" because they were a side tank version of Webb's standard ‘17-inch’ Coal Engine, an 0-6-0 tender engine for slow freight trains – the term ’17-inch’ referring to their cylinder diameter.

The design was introduced in 1881 by F.W. Webb and had the same cheaply produced cast-iron wheels and H-section spokes as the tender engines. A trailing radial truck supporting the bunker was added also with two similarly cast-iron wheels. Three hundred were built between 1881 and 1897.

At the 1923 grouping, 292 passed to the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). They were renumbered from the LNWR's random allocation based on vacant numbers, to a solid block sequence 7550–7841, and given the power classification 1F. Many locomotives still in service in 1934 were renumbered by the addition of 20,000 to their number.

Sixty-four locomotives passed into British Railways ownership in January 1948 and they were numbered 58880–58937, but not all examples survived long enough to carry their BR numbers. One example is preserved.

Catalogue listing

Model details

Prototype information

^* Class names often change over the lifespan of a locomotive, so this is not necessarily the class name used by the operator in the period modelled.

Bachmann LNWR Webb Coal Tank 7841 LMS Black is a model locomotive produced in a pristine finish and painted in black livery. It carries the running number 7841 and measures 147 mm in length. The model is DCC ready with a Next18 socket and can negotiate a minimum radius curve of 371 mm (the first radius).

The locomotive represents a London and North Western Railway Webb Coal Tank, a 0‑6‑2T steam engine designed by Francis Webb and built between 1881 and 1897. A total of 300 examples were produced, and the class later passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) after the 1923 grouping, receiving the power classification 1F and numbers 7550–7841. Sixty‑four survived to be allocated British Railways numbers 58880–58937 in January 1948, though not all carried their BR number.

Key features of the Bachmann model include a fully detailed and decorated cab interior, LMS patter lamp irons, Ross Pop safety valves, an exposed valve gear and realistic daylight between the frames. The model also replicates the inside valve gear and the trailing radial truck that supported the bunker on the original locomotives.

The period represented by this model is the era of the Big Four (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR). It is suitable for collectors and railway modellers seeking an accurate replica of the historic Webb Coal Tank.