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Dapol 4S-018-017

B4 0-4-0T Dorset Green 99

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

Manufacturer description

Specification

The Dapol OO Gauge LSWR 0-4-0 B4 has the following features:

• Finely moulded body with many separately added fine details
• DCC Ready with a 6 pin socket included
• DCC fitted models available
• Cast wheels with fine relief and appropriate colouring
• Die-cast compensated chassis and all wheel pick up
• NEM pockets as standard
• Powerful 5 pole skew wound motor
• Accessory bag with spares and other optional detail

Prototype Background

In 1890 Adams ordered 20 powerful four-coupled tank engines from Nine Elms Works, the design being preferred to six-coupled because of the many poorly laid out goods yards and the sharply curved Cattewater and Sutton Harbour lines at Plymouth. When the South Western gained control of Southampton docks in 1892 Adams transferred two engines there which had their cab front and back sheets cut away to aid visibility and were named JERSEY and GUERNSEY. Over the next few years twelve more were transferred to the docks, including two of the ­ five built by Drummond. All 25 engines were taken into B.R. stock in January 1948; however fourteen were withdrawn over the next year, leaving just eleven survivors, distributed to Eastleigh, Plymouth, Bournemouth and Ashford. The last two representatives stationed at Winchester were withdrawn in October 1963, a month short of their seventieth birthday. Happily both have been 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.

The Dapol OO Gauge LSWR Class B4 0-4-0T steam tank locomotive is a model of a historic train engine. The model is finished in the livery of Southampton Docks and features a finely moulded body with many separately added details. It is DCC Ready, with a 6 pin socket included as standard, and a version with DCC fitted is also available.

The model has a 5 pole skew wound motor and cast wheels with fine relief and colouring. The chassis is die-cast and compensates for wheel wear, with all wheels providing power pickup. The model also features NEM pockets as standard.

The Class B4 locomotive was a real engine built in 1890 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) for use on the Cattewater and Sutton Harbour lines at Plymouth. Twenty engines were ordered, with two being transferred to Southampton docks in 1892 and later modified to improve visibility. A total of 25 engines were eventually taken into British Rail stock in 1948, but 14 were withdrawn over the next year, leaving 11 survivors. The last two examples were withdrawn in 1963, just short of their 70th birthday, and have since been preserved.