O GAUGE CLASS B4 (ADAMS) LSWR 0-4-0 TANK ENGINES

The London and South Western Railway B4 is a class of 0-4-0T dock tank.

 The London and South Western Railway's built twenty to a design by their Locomotive Superintendent William Adams at its Nine Elms Works during the 1891–1893 period. 

They were designed for shunting in locations with sharp curvature, and were used in places such as Southampton Docks (which the LSWR purchased in November 1892), the Poole Quay Line, and the Hamworthy Freight Branch.

I have 2 very similar models which were built by my late father in O Gauge and specifically based on two variations of the original design. 

No 81 [JERSEY] Class D6 - Built 1893

[note the all female driving crew, doing a grand job too ladies]






No 90 [CAEN] Class B4 -- Built 1891

Seems quite odd to me that Caen was built 2 years before Jersey yet is allocated a later number? 

Still there are a few differences between the pair which is evident in the models that Dad built and shown here in the pictures.

Further details are available about these and other Southern locos at this excellent reference site; 

http://www.semgonline.com/steam/b4class.html