4-4-0 Class D SECR Profile and Models
737 at the National Railway Museum, York in June 2019. ©Jack Morgan
The SECR D class is a class of 4-4-0 tender locomotives designed by Harry Wainwright for the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. Initially the D class was put to work on the Kent coast and Hastings services out of London. By the 1930s the largest allocation of D class 4-4-0s was at Gillingham depot in Kent but they had by now been reduced to secondary train duties and were now carrying the livery of the Southern Railway. At the outbreak of World War II in 1939 some of the D class were placed into storage. Then in 1941 others were transferred to Nine Elms depot. A handful were based at Redhill on the Reading-Tonbridge cross-country line. In 1948 British Railways inherited 28 of the Wainwright 4-4-0s. Their final years saw them concentrated at Guildford in Surrey and the last of the D class, No.31075, was withdrawn from there in 1956. One engine, No.31737, has been preserved and is in its original livery at the NRM. |
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Type of Locomotive |
Steam |
Builder |
Ashford Works |
Build Date |
1901 to 1907 |
Total Built |
51 |
Tractive Effort |
17,450 lbf |
Wheel Configuration |
4-4-0 |
Operated By |
South Eastern & Chatham Railway Southern Railway British Railways |
Main Duties |
Passenger Services |
In Service Until |
1956 |
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) | Dapol | RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled | DCC fitted, with sound |
4S-027-002S View |
Class D 4-4-0 1730 in SR olive green - Exclusive to Rails of Sheffield - Digital Sound Fitted | Awaiting Categorisation | |
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) | South Eastern Finecast | Requires assembly | Not set |
F151 View |
D Class Wainwright 4-4-0 SECR/SR/BR Locomotive Kit | SECR - South Eastern and Chatham Railway | |
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) | Wills Kits | Requires assembly | Not set |
FC151 View |
SR Wainwright D Class 4-4-0 Loco and Tender Kit | Awaiting Categorisation |