0-6-0 Class Q SR Profile and Models
30541 at Sheffield Park on the Bluebell Railway in August 2016. ©THTRail2013
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The Q Class is a type of 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed by Richard Maunsell of the Southern Railway and constructed immediately prior to the Second World War for use on medium-distance freight trains throughout the network. Twenty locomotives were built by Maunsell's successor, Oliver Bulleid, in 1938. The design was relatively old-fashioned and the class was soon afterwards eclipsed by Bulleid's own more powerful Q1 class. Nevertheless the locomotives performed adequately and reliably on the tasks for which they had been designed, until their withdrawal in 1965. Only one has survived, and is preserved on the Bluebell Railway. |
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Type of Locomotive |
Steam |
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Builder |
SR Eastleigh Works |
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Build Date |
1938 to 1939 |
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Total Built |
20 |
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Tractive Effort |
26,160 lbf |
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Wheel Configuration |
0-6-0 |
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Operated By |
Southern Railway British Railways |
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Main Duties |
Freight |
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In Service Until |
1965 |
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Surviving Examples |
1 |
Products awaiting categorisation
| Scale | Brand | Image | Construction Type | DCC Capability | Product Code | Product Title | Livery |
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| OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) | Crownline Model Products Ltd. |
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Requires assembly | Not set |
67-Crownline View |
SR Maunsell Q Class 0-6-0 Loco Conversion Kit - for Airfix 4F | Awaiting Categorisation |
| OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) | Wills Kits |
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Requires assembly | Not set |
F106 View |
Q Class 0-6-0 Body Kit | Awaiting Categorisation |