0-8-0T Class Z SR Profile and Models
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. |
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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 |
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OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) | Falcon Brassworks | Requires assembly | Not set |
LK14 View |
SR/BR Maunsell Z Class 0-8-0T | Awaiting Categorisation | |
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) | Millholme Models | Requires assembly | Not set |
MM-16 View |
SR Z Class 0-8-0T Kit - requires motor and wheels | Awaiting Categorisation |