B4 0-4-0T Dock Tank 88 Southern Black

B4 0-4-0T Dock Tank 88 Southern Black Description

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 All 25 engines were taken into B.R. stock in January 1948; however, fourteen were withdrawn over the next year, leaving just eleven survivors, distributed to Eastleigh, Plymouth, Bournemouth and Ashford. The last two representatives stationed at Winchester were withdrawn in October 1963, a month short of their seventieth birthday.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. Specification: Many original GA drawings were used in the development of these accurate and authentic models. The locomotive will have all of the usual refinements that are expected to be found on all Dapol models including: - 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 - Dapols proven slow speed mechanism and high torque 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 and DCC Fitted models available