Rapido 936501 E1 No.145 'France', LBSCR Improved Engine Green, OO Gauge, SOUND FITTED

RAPIDO
936501
E1
No.145 'France',
LBSCR Improved Engine Green
DCC SOUND FITTED

OO Gauge

Everyone loves William Stroudleys cheeky little A1s forever known as Terriers so Rapido offer its big sister, the E1.

Following the success of the Terrier, Stroudley provided the London Brighton & South Coast Railway with a dedicated passenger version the D 0-4-2T in 1873, followed by a goods version in 1874. This was the E, later called E1.

The 78 locomotives might have looked like a stretched version of the Terrier but they carved out a niche as a strong and capable performer. They were less well received when used on passenger trains.

Stroudleys successors, Robert Billinton and Douglas Marsh left their respective marks on the E1s, changing boiler designs and making detail changes.

The Southern Railway inherited 62 E1s. It sold five into industry, modified four for use on the Isle of Wight and turned ten more into E1/R 0-6-2Ts to work lines in the West Country.

The E1s lasted well into BR days. The last Isle of Wight example, No. 4 Wroxall, was withdrawn in October 1960 while the last E1 used on the mainland, No. 32694, was not condemned until July 1961. Happily, No. 110, one of the quintet sold into industry, survived into preservation and is now under overhaul at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway where it will return to service as No. 2 Yarmouth in full Southern Railway lined green.

Features include

• Stroudley boiler and chimney
• Iron brake blocks
• Original style smokebox door
• Condensing pipes fitted
• No coal rails
• Plus lots of other locomotive specific details
• Next18 decoder socket
• Sprung buffers
• NEM pockers
• factory fitted speaker
• Museum quality finish
• Smooth & powerful mechanism
• Lots of separately fitted parts