Collector Notes

WAR DEPARTMENT / MINISTRY OF SUPPLY STEAM LOCOMOTIVES

Manufacturer               Introduced      Scale  Model Status                          Notes

 

J94 Class 0-6-0T                                                                                        

Riddles. War Department Austerity Class (Hunslet design but built by several companies)

391 locomotives were built between 1943 and 1953. 75 were purchased by the LNER after the war and became the J94 Class with many others being sold for industrial use. The first was withdrawn in 1959 and the last in October 1967. Forty-five locomotives have been preserved in the UK.

Kitmaster                    1961                4mm   Tools taken over                     Plastic kit (static). Motorising kits available from other manufacturers

 }Airfix                          1964                            Tools taken over

 }Dapol                        1989                            Catalogue

Gakken                        1970s              1          Status unknown                      Kit

NB Models                  1979                4mm   Status unknown                      Kit

Centre Models            1979                4mm   Status unknown                      Kit

J.A.Taylor (Shefford)   1983                 O         Manufacturer closed down   Kit

MSC                            1984                O         Catalogue                               Kit

P & D Marsh               1985                N         Catalogue                               Kit

Dapol                           1985                OO      Tools taken over                     Ready to run

 }Hornby                       1998                            Catalogue                                                                  

Graham Farish           1987                N         Tools taken over                     Ready to run

 }Farish by

Bachmann                   2002                            Catalogue                               Upgraded by Bachmann

C. Taylor                      1987                O         Status unknown                      Kit

Steamlines                  1988                1          Status unknown                      Ready to run, live steam

Oakville                       1990               O         Tools taken over                     Kit

 }Majestic                    1993                            Tools taken over

 }Wagon & Carriage

 Works                         1996                            Status unknown

Brassmasters             1992                4mm   Status unknown                      Kit

Peppercorn                 1993                1          Status unknown                      Ready to run

RPM                            1994                O         Status unknown                      Ready to run (handbuilt)

Wychbury / Mercian  1996                HO      Tools taken over                     Kit. Sold exclusively by P.B. Messing (Belgium)

 }Mercian                     Unknown                     Catalogue

Wychbury / Mercian  1996                4mm   Tools taken over                     Kit

 }Mercian                    1996                            Catalogue                               Kit

Wychbury / Mercian  Unknown        O         Tools taken over                     Kit

 }Mercian                    1996                            Catalogue                               Kit

Castle Kits                  Unknown        O         Status unknown                      Kit

RPM                            Unknown        3mm   Status unknown                      Kit

Bachmann

Brassworks                 2001                O         Catalogue                               Ready to run brass   

Bachmann

Brassworks                 2006                1          Catalogue                               Ready to run brass   

Mercian                       2006                1          Catalogue                               Kit

Garden Railway

Specialists                  2009                3          Catalogue                               Kit

 

War Department Class 8F 2-8-0 (WD Austerity)                                 

Riddles

935 locomotives were built between 1943 and 1945. 200 were purchased by the LNER after the war in 1946 and many others sold to railways overseas. A further 533 locomotives were purchased by British Railways in 1948. The first British locomotive was withdrawn in 1959 and the last in 1967. One locomotive has been preserved in the UK (purchased from SJ Swedish Railways)

Hamblings                   1950                OO      Manufacturer closed down   Ready to run

Cornard                       1972                4mm   Tools taken over                     Kit

 }McGowan                 1974                            Status unknown

Bristol Models           1972                4mm   Manufacturer closed down   Kit

McGowan                    1976                N         Manufacturer closed down   Kit

MTK                             1980                4mm   Manufacturer closed down   Kit

DJH                             1981                HO      Catalogue                               Kit                               

DJH                            1982                4mm   Catalogue                               Kit                               

JL                                 1984                OO      Status unknown                      Ready to run

DA                               1989                O         Tools taken over                     Kit

 }Oakville                     1989                            Tools taken over

 }Majestic                    1993                            Tools taken over

 }Wagon & Carriage

 Works                         1996                            Catalogue

MTK                             1989                O         Tools taken over                     Kit

 }Nationalised

 Railways                    Unknown                     Catalogue                                                                  

Falcon Brass             1991                4mm   Catalogue                               Kit                   

Foxhunter                    1994                N         Catalogue                               Kit

Dave Bradwell           1998                4mm   Catalogue                               Kit                               

Bachmann                   1999                OO      Catalogue                               Ready to run              

Meteor                         2002                O         Catalogue                               Kit

Snowhill                       2004                O         Tools taken over                     Kit

 }Roxey                        2009                            Catalogue

ETS                             XXXX              O         Under development               Ready to run

 

War Department Class 9F 2-10-0 (WD)                                                

Riddles

150 locomotives were built between 1943 and 1945. 25 were sold to British Railways in 1948 and many sold to railways overseas. Some were retained for use on the Longmoor Military Railway (Army) prior to closure in 1969. The first was withdrawn in 1961 and the last in 1962. Three locomotives have been preserved in the UK (2 repatriated from Europe), whilst others survive in Greece with a further example exhibited at the Dutch National Railway Museum at Utrecht

Bristol Models           1977                4mm   Manufacturer closed down   Kit

Cornard                       1972                N         Tools taken over                     Kit

 }McGowan                 1974                            Status unknown

MTK                             1980                4mm   Manufacturer closed down   Kit

DJH                             1981                HO      Catalogue                               Kit                               

DJH                            1982                4mm   Catalogue                               Kit                               

JL                                 1984                OO      Status unknown                      Kit

MTK                             1989                O         Tools taken over                     Kit

 }Nationalised

 Railways                     Unknown                     Not yet released                                                        

Falcon Brass              1991                4mm   Catalogue                               Kit