4-4-0 Class D SECR Profile and Models

4-4-0 Class D SECR

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 Their final years saw them concentrated at Guildford in Surrey and the last of the D class, No.31075, was withdrawn from there in 1956.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.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

Ashford Works
Dubs & Co
Sharp, Stewart & Co
Robert Stephenson & Co
Vulcan Foundry

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
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Dapol 4S-027-002S Class D 4-4-0 1730 in SR olive green - Exclusive to Rails of Sheffield - Digital Sound Fitted RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled DCC fitted, with sound 4S-027-002S
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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 F151 D Class Wainwright 4-4-0 SECR/SR/BR Locomotive Kit Requires assembly Not set F151
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D Class Wainwright 4-4-0 SECR/SR/BR Locomotive Kit SECR - South Eastern and Chatham Railway
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Wills Kits FC151 SR Wainwright D Class 4-4-0 Loco and Tender Kit Requires assembly Not set FC151
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SR Wainwright D Class 4-4-0 Loco and Tender Kit Awaiting Categorisation