SR, ‘Terrier’, 0-6-0T, W14 ‘Bembridge’ – Era 3 (R3847)

SR, ‘Terrier’, 0-6-0T, W14 ‘Bembridge’ – Era 3 (R3847)

Entering service with the LB&SCR as No. 78 Knowle, the locomotive was moved into storage by the Southern Railway in September 1935, but when the Isle of Wight Railway found itself with a shortage of light engines, Knowle was overhauled, fitted with an extended bunker and shipped to the island in May 1929, taking the number W4 and the name Bembridge. Push-pull equipment was fitted and the Terrier worked the lighter lines out of Newport, being renumbered as W14 in April 1932. The opening of a bigger 26ft turntable at Bembridge in 1936 allowed heavier 4-4-2T O2 locomotives to work the smaller lines and W14 Bembridge became surplus to requirements, being returned to the mainland in May that year.

Description

Tech Specs

Item Length – Without Packaging (cm)
10.5
Item Scale
1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
Finish
Painted
Gauge
OO
DCC Status
DCC Ready 6 pin socket
Operator
SR
Designer
William Stroudley
Wheel Configuration
0-6-0T
Livery
Olive Green
Minimum Curve (mm)
Radius 1
Motor
3 Pole Skew wound
Class
A1/A1X ‘Terriers’
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