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    LOCOMOTION MODELS D CLASS

    Jul 15, 2021 4 minutes
    Words & photography: Andy York

    A three-way partnership of Rails of Sheffield, Dapol and Locomotion Models brings us the exquisite South Eastern & Chatham Railway Wainwright D Class.

    Some 51 D Class 4-4-0 locomotives were built between February 1901 and March 1907 during the Wainwright period by the South Eastern & Chatham Railway. The design work for these locomotives was carried out at Ashford Works. From delivery, they were used on the prime express trains to the Kent Coast and Hastings, including those carrying boat train traffic for the Continent via Dover. As a result, D Class locomotives were painted in the green passenger livery bordered with black and green bands and red/yellow lining.

    Between April 1921 and October 1927, 21 of the Class

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