4-4-0 Class V Schools SR Profile and Models

4-4-0 Class V Schools SR

No. 925 'Cheltenham' at the Severn Valley Railway in September 2013. ©Peter Broster

The SR V class, more commonly known as "Schools", is a class of steam locomotive designed by Richard Maunsell for the Southern Railway. The class was a cut down version of his Lord Nelson class but also incorporated components from Urie and Maunsell's LSWR/SR King Arthur class. It was the last locomotive in Britain to be designed with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, and was the most powerful class of 4-4-0 ever produced in Europe. All 40 of the class were named after English public schools, and were designed to provide a powerful class of intermediate express passenger locomotive on semi-fast services for lines which could cope with high axle loads but some of which had short turntables. Because of the use of a ‘’King Arthur’’ firebox, rather than the square-topped Belpaire firebox used on the Lord Nelsons, the class could be used on lines with a restricted loading gauge and some of the best performance by the class was on the heavily restricted Tonbridge to Hastings line. The locomotives performed well from the beginning but were subject to various minor modifications to improve their performance over the years. The class operated until 1961 when mass withdrawals took place and all had gone by December 1962. Three examples are now preserved on heritage railways in Britain.

(Information via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

Eastleigh Works

Build Dates

1930 to 1935

Total Built

40

Tractive Effort

25,130 lbf

Top Speed

95 mph

Wheel Configuration

4-4-0

Operated By

Southern Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Semi-Fast Passenger Services

In Service Until

1962

Surviving Examples

3

 

Products awaiting categorisation

Scale Brand Image Construction Type DCC Capability Product Code Product Title Livery
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Airfix No image available Requires assembly Not set A04652-7
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Schools Class 4-4-0 'Harrow' Kit Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Airfix R402 Schools Class 4-4-0 'Harrow' Kit Requires assembly Not set R402
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Schools Class 4-4-0 'Harrow' Kit SR malachite green
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Airfix R402-04652-7 Harrow Locomotive Kit Not set Not set R402-04652-7
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Harrow Locomotive Kit Unpainted
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Amer Collection GBL05 Schools Class V 4-4-0 'Stowe' 928 in SR Malachite Green - Static Model on Plinth - non motorised RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set GBL05
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Schools Class V 4-4-0 'Stowe' 928 in SR Malachite Green - Static Model on Plinth - non motorised Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Amer Collection GBL5 Schools Class V 4-4-0 'Stowe' 928 in SR Malachite Green - Static Model on Plinth - non motorised RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set GBL5
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Schools Class V 4-4-0 'Stowe' 928 in SR Malachite Green - Static Model on Plinth - non motorised Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Dapol C035 Schools Class - "Harrow" steam loco plastic kit Requires assembly Unpowered C035
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Schools Class - "Harrow" steam loco plastic kit Unpainted
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Dapol C086 Schools Class 4-4-0 "Shrewsbury" steam loco plastic kit Requires assembly Unpowered C086
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Schools Class 4-4-0 "Shrewsbury" steam loco plastic kit Unpainted
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Dapol C087 Schools Class 4-4-0 "Rugby" steam loco plastic kit Requires assembly Unpowered C087
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Schools Class 4-4-0 "Rugby" steam loco plastic kit Unpainted
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Dapol C088 Schools Class 4-4-0 "Kings Wimbledon" steam loco plastic kit Requires assembly Unpowered C088
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Schools Class 4-4-0 "Kings Wimbledon" steam loco plastic kit Unpainted
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Kitmaster No image available Requires assembly Not set KM5
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Schools Class 4-4-0 Kit Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Kitmaster No image available Not set Not set KMHarrow
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Harrow Schools Class Locomotive Kit Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) South Eastern Finecast F137-SEF SR Schools Class Locomotive Kit Requires assembly Unpowered F137-SEF
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SR Schools Class Locomotive Kit Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Wills Kits F137 SR Schools Class Locomotive Kit Requires assembly Not set F137
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SR Schools Class Locomotive Kit Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Wills Kits FC169 SR Schools Class 4-4-0 Loco and Tender Kit Requires assembly Not set FC169
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SR Schools Class 4-4-0 Loco and Tender Kit Awaiting Categorisation
O Gauge (1:43 Scale) ACE Trains No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set E10H
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Schools Class 4-4-0 908 'Westminster' in SR wartime black Awaiting Categorisation
O Gauge (1:43 Scale) San Cheng Brass SC-Schools Class V Schools 4-4-0 RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set SC-Schools
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Class V Schools 4-4-0 Unpainted
TT3 Gauge (1:100 scale) Atlas Editions 3904005 Schools Class 4-4-0 900 'Eton' in SR Green - static model on plinth RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set 3904005
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Schools Class 4-4-0 900 'Eton' in SR Green - static model on plinth SR olive green