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EFE Rail - Adams LSWR T3 Steam Locomotive OO Gauge

 

The EFE Rail London & South Western Railway (LSWR) 4-4-0 T3 Class in 00 gauge was announced at the 2024 Bachmann Collectors Club Members Day on Saturday 7th September, held at the Swanage Railway. The model is being produced by Kernow Model Rail Centre on behalf of EFE Rail.

Initialy five versions have been announced for details click here. 

EFE Rail Adams T3
(Picture copyright GRM/KRMC)

History

Introduced by the London & South Western Railway (LSWR), between 1892 and 1893, the Adams T3 class were part of a family of four 4-4-0 engine types with varying dimensions.  The twenty strong T3 class were a development of the Adams X2 class but with longer fireboxes and smaller 6ft 7in driving wheels intended for use on the undulating lines west of Salisbury; however, they worked from depots on the Bournemouth line as well as the West of England line.

Originally fitted with equalizing beam suspension this was replaced with more traditional springs in the early 1900s. Drummond gradually replaced the elegant stovepipe chimneys with one of his own design, but as these and other minor modifications that took place under Drummond's care the T3s were being displaced by more modern designs such as his T9 class. A few T3s were sent west of Exeter where they were particularly successful. During the First World War, these T3s, like all of Adams locomotives, were in high demand and all survived to be taken into Southern Railway (SR) stock in 1923.

With the spread of electrification in the 1920s and 1930s, a surplus of light passenger locomotives on the LSWR and SR was building up and withdrawals of the T3s commenced, with all but three being withdrawn by the end of 1933. Number 557 was withdrawn in 1936, but numbers 563 and 571 saw the start of World War II. However, Nº571 was withdrawn in 1943 Nº563 continued in service only to be laid aside in August 1945.

Number 563 was chosen to represent the old London & South Western Railway at the 1948 centenary of Waterloo station exhibition. It was partially restored and painted in the early Drummond livery of the LSWR. On the closing of the Waterloo exhibition, Nº563, together with other exhibits, was stored at the back of Farnham electric carriage shed, although it could often be seen at depot open days during the 1950s and also spent time stored in the by then out of use ex GWR loco shed at Salisbury. In 1958 it was transferred to Tweedmouth for storage before being once again cosmetically restored and painted into Adams pea green livery in 1959 at Eastleigh in readiness for display in the Museum of British Transport at Clapham that was opened in 1961. This was closed in 1973 and Nº563 was then sent to the new National Railway Museum at York that opened in 1975. During the early 2000s she was on display at Locomotion at Shildon.

In March 2017 following use as part of Railway Children theatre productions at London Waterloo and in Toronto Canada, ownership was formally transferred from the National Railway Museum to Swanage Railway Trust 563 Locomotive Group. Arriving on the Swanage Railway on 12 April 2017, No.563 was initially placed on display at Corfe Castle, before being moved to the Flour Mill workshops in the Forest of Dean for restoration to commence, including a brand-new copper firebox, and it was successfully returned to steam in October 2023 resplendent in Drummond double lined livery.

 

The EFE Rail model has been developed with the help of the South Western Circle – the historical society for the London South Western Railway – who have provided archive drawings and photographs, and the Swanage Railway Trust 563 Locomotive Group who have provided access to the preserved locomotive throughout its restoration.

Sound fitted versions using a Zimo sound decoder, with stay alives fitted, recorded on No. 563 and produced by our friends at YooChoos also available to pre-order exclusively from Kernow Model Rail Centre.


The Engineering Prototypes for these models have now been thoroughly tested and livery samples are being prepared.

EFE RAIL LSWR T3 SPECIFICATION

EFE Rail Adams T3

MECHANISM:

  • Five pole motor with flywheel mounted in the locomotive, driving the rear set of driving wheels
  • Electrical pickup from all driving wheels and tender wheels
  • Separate metal bearings fitted to each driving wheel axle and each bogie wheel axle
  • Metal bearings fitted to each tender wheel axle
  • Diecast metal chassis fitted to both the locomotive and tender
  • Gearing arranged for prototypical running speeds and haulage capabilities
  • 16.5mm (OO gauge) wheels to NEM310 & NEM311 standards with authentic profile and detailing
  • Valve gear of metal construction
  • Discreet snap-together locomotive to tender drawbar with integral close coupling mechanism and electrical connections
  • Sprung front bogie
  • Front bogie features a clip-in front section with optional blank filler or coupling adapter with integral coupling pocket to NEM362 standards
  • Tender features a close coupling mechanism which is fitted with a coupling pocket to NEM362 standards
  • Designed to operate on curves of second radius (438mm) or greater

EFE Rail Adams T3

DETAILING:

  • Diecat metal boiler, running plate, front splashers and locomotive footsteps
  • Injection-moulded cab, tender body and frames
  • Additional metal detail parts including etched step treads, handrails and handrail knobs
  • Sprung metal buffers
  • Separately fitted detail parts, including lamp irons, injectors, whistle, vacuum pipes, brakes and brake rigging (on both the locomotive and tender)
  • Representation of the inside valve gear
  • Tender fitted with coal-effect load
  • Cab interior detailing including boiler backhead controls and gauges, brake standard and tender sandboxes
  • Hinged and posable metal fall plate between the locomotive and tender
  • Each model supplied with a full set of decorated, model-specific accessories including bogie splashers, guard irons and etched headcode discs & LSWR diamond indicator signals (as appropriate to the prototype)
  • Each model supplied with a set of authentically decorated etched number plates
EFE Rail Adams T3

LIGHTING:

  • Firebox lighting with textured filter in the firebox hole to simulate a burning coal fire


DCC:

  • Next18 DCC decoder interface located in the tender


SOUND:

  • Twin speakers installed in the tender of all models for optimum sound reproduction


LIVERY APPLICATION:

  • Authentic liveries applied to all models
  • Multiple paint applications employed on each model using LSWR/SR specification colours
  • Logos, numerals and text added as appropriate using multi-stage tampo printing using authentic typefaces, logos and colours

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The Models


EFE Rail Adams T3 E95019 image


E85019  Adams T3 Class 4-4-0 LSWR Adams Pea Green Livery number 561
- in original condition with Adams Boiler, Adams Chimney, cab beading, equalising beam suspension, fluted coupling rods and double whistle.

As running between introduction in February 1893 and circa 1907.


E85019SF SOUND FITTED Adams T3 Class 4-4-0 LSWR Adams Pea Green Livery number 561





EFE Rail Adams T3 E95023 image
E85023 Adams T3 Class 4-4-0 LSWR Urie Green Livery lettered LSWR the final iteration of LSWR green  number 564 - Drummond chimney and smokebox door, no cabside beading, traditional spring hanger suspension, fluted coupling rods and tender with coal rails.

As running between 1917 and Jan 1924.

E85023SF SOUND FITTED Adams T3 Class 4-4-0 LSWR Urie Green Livery lettered LSWR number 564





EFE Rail Adams T3 E95024 image

E85024 Adams T3 Class SR Lined Olive Green livery number 560 - Drummond chimney and smokebox door, no cabside beading, traditional spring hanger suspension,  fluted coupling rods and a single whistle.

As running between March 1926 and May 1932.


E85024SF SOUND FITTED Adams T3 Class SR Lined Olive Green livery number 560






EFE Rail Adams T3 E95025 image E85025 Adams T3 Class SR Lined Olive Green livery - Drummond Boiler number 558 -  Drummond boiler, chimney and smokebox door, traditional spring hanger suspension,  plain coupling rods and a single whistle.

As running between March 1926 and October 1931.


E85025SF SOUND FITTED Adams T3 Class SR Lined Olive Green livery - Drummond Boiler number 558





EFE Rail Adams T3 E95030 image
E85030 Adams T3 Class 4-4-0 LSWR Livery (as  preserved) - LSWR Drummond Green Livery number 563 Adams boiler, chimney and smokebox door, Cab beading, equalising beam suspension, double whistle, and fluted coupling rods.

As running since October 2023.


E85030SF SOUND FITTED Adams T3 Class 4-4-0 LSWR Livery (as  preserved) - LSWR Drummond Green Livery number 563 



(note the graphic images above are subject to revision)

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