Collector Notes

 

METROPOLITAN RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES

 

Manufacturer               Introduced      Scale  Model Status                          Notes

 

Metropolitan Railway Class “A” 4-4-0T                                                

Beyer Peacock

39 locomotives were built between 1864 and 1886. They were numbered 1 to 33 and 39 to 44. The first was withdrawn in 1905 and the last was withdrawn for preservation in 1948. This locomotive, No.23 (L45), is preserved at the London Transport Museum.

K's                                1980                4mm   Tools taken over                     Kit

 }Nu-Kays                    1990                            Tools taken over

 }IKB                             1993                            Status unknown                                                                     

Harrow Model Shop  Unknown         4mm    Tools taken over                     Kit

 }Radley Models         2005                            Status unknown

Quainton Road          1992                4mm   Status unknown                      Kit

Quainton Road          1992                O         Status unknown                      Kit

 

Metropolitan Railway Class “E” 0-4-4T                                                

Metropolitan Railway and Hawthorn, Leslie

7 locomotives were built between 1896 and 1901.  The first was withdrawn in 1935 and the last in 1963. After withdrawal the last locomotive, No.1 (L44), was retained so that it could appear at the Underground centenary in 1963. It was then sold to the London Railway Preservation Society with whom it is now based at Quainton Road. In recent years No.1 has worked passenger services on the Metropolitan Line during London Underground’s ‘Steam on the Met’ events

Street Level                2002                4mm   Status unknown                      Kit

                       

Metropolitan Railway Class “F” 0-6-2T                                                

Yorkshire Engine Co.

4 locomotives were built in 1901.  The first was withdrawn in 1957 and the last in 1962. After withdrawal the last locomotive, No.93 (L52), was retained so that it could appear at the Underground centenary in 1963. This last locomotive was scrapped in July 1964

Centre Models           Unknown        4mm                Status unknown         Kit

GS Models                  1979                4mm                Status unknown         Kit

Street Level                2002                4mm                Status unknown         Kit

 

Metropolitan Railway Class “H” 4-4-4T, LNER class M2                 

Jones

8 locomotives were built between 1920 and 1921. The locomotives were sold to the LNER in November 1937. The first was withdrawn in September 1943 and the last in November 1947

Quainton Road           1991                O                      Status unknown         Kit

Quainton Road          1991                4mm                Status unknown         Kit

 

Metropolitan Railway Class “K” 2-6-4T (later LNER class L2)       

Hally

6 locomotives were built in March 1925 by Armstrong Whitworth utilising parts from Maunsell Class 2-6-0 locomotives stored at Woolwich Arsenal. The locomotives were sold to the LNER in November 1937 where they became the L2 Class. The first was withdrawn in January 1943 and the last, by then owned by British Railways, in ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­October 1948

Falcon Brassworks   2003                4mm                Catalogue                   Kit

South East

Finecast                      2004                4mm                Catalogue                  Kit