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 All 25 engines were taken into B.R. stock in January 1948; however, fourteen were withdrawn over the next year, leaving just eleven survivors, distributed to Eastleigh, Plymouth, Bournemouth and Ashford. The last two representatives stationed at Winchester were withdrawn in October 1963, a month short of their seventieth birthday.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.

LSWR / BR B4

A 5 pole motor allied to a flywheel and a DCC interface makes this DCC compatible locomotive a ‘must have’ for those starting out in O gauge or simply like little shunting locomotives. The Class B4 also features sprung buffers, sprung coupling hook and 3 link chain, internally painted cab detail.

Features of the B4 will include
• Slide in PCB – With space for 2 x sugar cube speakers and a 21 pin decoder socket
•Removable cab roof held in place with magnets to allow easy crew insertion
•Highly detailed cab interior with fire box glow
•Highly detailed body with many separately added parts
•Five pole skew wound motor driving the rear wheels
•Fully compensated die-cast chassis to give excellent running capabilities
•All wheel pick up
•Most derivatives covered, the tooling will allow for four cab types, two different boilers, two forms of chimney as well as other prototypical features catered for such as water injectors and buffers
•DCC Ready, DCC fitted and DCC & Sound fitted models available

Latest update from Dapol on these is that they should be shipped from China in the coming few weeks. Subject to no hold ups this means we should hopefully see them either very late May or, more likely, early June 2023. The DCC fitted examples are usually available only a few days aftetr the analogue variant with the DCC and Sound a little later on. We are taking advance orders for these now for despatch as soon as they become available.

As a breakdown of the costs for our overseas customers the cost of the Class B4 (basic version excluding DCC ) is as follows::

Overseas:

1 x Class B4 £213.78
Less VAT @ 20% £32.99
Sub Total £164.96
Air Mail £28.55
Grand Total £193.51

Ref.	Description	R.R.P.	Our Price
7S-018-001	LSWR B4 0-4-0T NORMANDY - AS PRESERVED	£251.51	£213.78
7S-018-001D	LSWR B4 0-4-0T NORMANDY - AS PRESERVED DCC Fitted	£285.04	£242.28
7S-018-001S	LSWR B4 0-4-0T NORMANDY - AS PRESERVED DCC & Sound Fitted	£388.80	£330.48
7S-018-002	LSWR B4 0-4-0T CAEN BROWN 90	£251.51	£213.78
7S-018-002D	LSWR B4 0-4-0T CAEN BROWN 90 DCC Fitted	£285.04	£242.28
7S-018-002S	LSWR B4 0-4-0T CAEN BROWN 90 DCC & Sound Fitted	£388.80	£330.48
7S-018-003	B4 0-4-0T SOUTHERN BLACK 88	£251.51	£213.78
7S-018-003D	B4 0-4-0T SOUTHERN BLACK 88 DCC Fitted	£285.04	£242.28
7S-018-003S	B4 0-4-0T SOUTHERN BLACK 88 DCC & Sound Fitted	£388.80	£330.48
7S-018-004	B4 0-4-0T BR EARLY CREST 30089	£251.51	£213.78
7S-018-004D	B4 0-4-0T BR EARLY CREST 30089 DCC Fitted	£285.04	£242.28
7S-018-004S	B4 0-4-0T BR EARLY CREST 30089 DCC & SoundFitted	£388.80	£330.48
7S-018-005	B4 0-4-0T BR LATE CREST 30096	£251.51	£213.78
7S-018-005D	B4 0-4-0T BR LATE CREST 30096 DCC Fitted	£285.04	£242.28
7S-018-005S	B4 0-4-0T BR LATE CREST 30096 DCC & Sound Fitted	£388.80	£330.48
7S-018-006	LSWR B4 0-4-0T Lined Green 91	£251.51	£213.78
7S-018-006D	LSWR B4 0-4-0T Lined Green 91 DCC Fitted	£285.04	£242.28
7S-018-006S	LSWR B4 0-4-0T Lined Green 91 DCC & Sound Fitted	£388.80	£330.48

B4 Ready to Run Locomotive

LSWR / BR B4