📢 Please take a minute to read this personal message from the creator of RailwayModels.uk

Dapol 4S-010-012S

Terrier A1X 32650 B R Lined Black E/Crest Ex I of W DCC & Sound Fitted

Manufacturer catalogue image - please note that pre-release images may be CAD renders or CGI/AI images rather than photographs

Prototype Era
Era 4 (1948 to 1956) British Railways Early Crest

Manufacturer description

Locomotive background Information

More formally known as the London, Brighton & South Coast (LB&SCR) A1 Class, this locomotive became affectionately known as the Terrier due to the distinct bark of the exhaust. The class was designed by William Stroudley and 50 were built between 1872 and 1880 at the Brighton Works in Sussex. The original workings of the locomotive on the main London Lines of the class were eventually displaced by newer and more powerful locomotives and by the LB&SCR electrification scheme. Some of the locomotives were sold to other operators but most were used for Branchline work and non revenue generating operations such as shunting. In this role the class continued in service until the 1960’s with the final active locomotive being decommissioned on the Hayling Island Line in Hampshire on November 1963. In all 10 Terriers survive into preservation.

With all the experience Dapol has gained from making the award winning O Gauge version of the A1 / A1X Terrier it is fully anticipated that this project will progress very quickly. Decorated samples are expected to be available in time for Warley 2018.

General Specification

The tooling allows for most variations of the A1, A1X and IOW variants of the locomotive to be produced, including two cab/buner types, two smokebox/boilers. Wooden and metal break brake rigging where appropriate.

• Diecast chassis and running plate
• Detailed plastic moulded body
• Many separately fitted parts
• Diecast wheels with sprung centre driving wheels to give compensation providing better electrical pick up and traction
• DCC and sound Ready with easy access through a removable body which exposes a NEXT-18 socket
• DCC and DCC Sound Fitted variants using Dapol’s own sound recording of 32678 on the Kent and East Sussex Railway*
• Powerful 5 pole skew wound motor
• All wheel pick electrical up

* Factory sound fitted locomotives will feature RealDrive braking

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.

Dapol has announced a new variant of their Stroudley Terrier A1X Class BR Lined Black E/Crest Ex Isle of Wight 0-6-0 Tank Locomotive, No. 32650. This locomotive is a limited edition model, produced by Rails of Sheffield, and is expected to be released in late October.

The model is an OO gauge representation of the A1 "Terrier" class, designed by William Stroudley and built between 1872 and 1880 at the Brighton Works in Sussex. Fifty locomotives of this class were built, with the original main line workings being eventually displaced by newer and more powerful locomotives. Some were sold to other operators, while others continued in service on branch lines and non-revenue generating operations until the 1960s.

The model features a diecast chassis and running plate, along with a detailed plastic moulded body. It includes a flickering firebox and many separately fitted parts. The wheels are diecast with sprung centre driving wheels, providing compensation and all-wheel electrical pickup. The model is DCC and sound ready, with easy access to the NEXT-18 socket through a removable body.

The DCC and DCC sound fitted variants will feature Dapol's own sound recording of 32678 on the Kent and East Sussex Railway, while the factory sound fitted locomotives will include RealDrive braking control. This new variant is part of a larger tooling that allows for the production of various A1, A1X and IOW variants of the locomotive, including different cab and bunker types, as well as smokebox and boiler variations.