0-8-0T Class Z SR Profile and Models

0-8-0T Class Z SR

952 at Eastleigh Locomotive Depot in July 1946. ©Ben Brooksbank

The SR Z class was an 0-8-0T 3-cylinder tank engine designed by Richard Maunsell and intended for heavy shunting on the Southern Railway, the first eight entering into service in 1929. It was a successful design and would have been built in greater numbers, but an order for a further ten was cancelled in 1930 due to the reduction in freight traffic as a result of the Great Depression. Throughout their working lives, the Z class locomotives remained in their role as heavy shunters in the larger marshalling yards at Feltham, Hither Green, Norwood Junction, Exmouth Junction and Eastleigh, and proved to be very popular with the locomotive crews until they were replaced by diesel shunters of the D3/13 class (later Class 12) in the early 1950s. A private attempt was made in the 1960s to preserve a Z class, unfortunately it was to no avail and all of them were scrapped by 1965.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

SR Brighton Works

Build Date

1929

Total Built

8

Tractive Effort

29,376 lbf

Wheel Configuration

0-8-0T

Operated By

Southern Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Heavy Shunting

In Service Until

1962

Surviving Examples

0

 

Products awaiting categorisation

Scale Brand Image Construction Type DCC Capability Product Code Product Title Livery
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Falcon Brassworks No image available Requires assembly Not set LK14
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SR/BR Maunsell Z Class 0-8-0T Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Millholme Models MM-16 SR Z Class 0-8-0T Kit - requires motor and wheels Requires assembly Not set MM-16
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SR Z Class 0-8-0T Kit - requires motor and wheels Awaiting Categorisation