Industrial & Other Railways

Model of Hunslet 16in 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotive works number 3782 Arthur built in 1953 finished in lined green livery as working at the NCB Markham Main Colliery. This locomotive is preserved at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton Road.
DCC Ready with socket for Next18 decoder

The GVH model is bring produced by Oxford using original engineering drawings, trade publicity and published histories, backed up with site visits to view and measure surviving locomotives. GVH are indebted to the archive departments and support of current and previous company owners of Janus locomotives in completing this task.

The model has been designed to incorporate many fine details of the original locomotives and also offer key detail variations made during their long operational ownership.

DCC Ready. Designed for DCC Sound

Hornbys' Peckett W4 model has proven to be a superb model with an excellent motor and drive mechanism inside. The model runs smoothly and performs well at slow speed shunting tasks.

Model of an Andrew Barclay 0-6-0 side tank industrial shunting engine painted in NCB red livery.
These engines with the front of the tanks sloped downwards to give better visibility for the driver, were popular at collieries where trains had to be moved along a private mineral railway to reach the connection with the national network. Preserved examples are equally capable when called on to haul short passenger trains on heritage railways.

The Hornby 4F is a perfect tender engine for someone who has only ever had tank engines. This model is fitted with a three pole motor and gearing allowing for good slow speed performance. The models driving wheels are fitted with traction tyres increasing the tractive effort of the model allowing for more wagons to be hauled.

Locomotive number 46 was delivered straight to the Somerset and Dorset Joint railway in 1928, being painted into the 'Prussian Blue' livery with SDJR lettering. After amalgamation onto the LMS fleet in 1930 the locomotive would be renumbered to 580, and then to 635 in 1934.
On entry to BR service the locomotive would become 40635. Withdrawn in 1961, the locomotive would be stored at Llandudno Junction throughout 1962 before being scrapped in June 1963.

The Hornby 2P is a perfect tender engine for someone who has only ever had tank engines. This model is fitted with a three pole motor and gearing allowing for good slow speed performance. The models driving wheels are fitted with traction tyres increasing the tractive effort of the model allowing for more wagons to be hauled.

In 1971 London Transport acquired three Sentinel 0-6-0 shunters from an iron ore mine to repalce the ex-GWR 57xx pannier tanks used for depot shunting duties. To increase the wheelbase and ensure track circuits detected the small diesels each was coupled to a 'tender', a bogie removed from an old district line stock car. In 1993 the Sentinels were withdrawn and DL81 was sold for preservation at the Rocks by Rail museum at Cottesmore, Rutland.

The Hornby 0-6-0 Sentinel is a recently tooled model and a perfect addition to any small or industrial layout. The model is 6 pin DCC ready allowing for digital operation. The London Transport model features some enhanced detailing such as dumb buffers, NEM pocket covering plates and a prototypical trip cock by the wheelset.

Sentinel 10255, its works number, left the production line on the 25th May 1966, being delivered into NCB ownership shortly after at their Baddesley Colliery in the South Midlands. Curiously, and unlike most other NCB examples the locomotive would not receive a running number, and would be known either by a name or its works number for most of its life. In the modern era the locomotive has changed hands a few times, being owned by Potter Logistics as their striking yellow 'Pride of the Fens' and Ed Murray and Sons.

The Hornby 0-6-0 Sentinel is a recently tooled model and a perfect addition to any small or industrial layout. The model is 6 pin DCC ready allowing for digital operation.

The Hornby Jinty is fitted with a 3 pole motor and simple gearing, proving to be a reliable runner on any layout. The 6 pin DCC socket allows the model to be used on a digital layout if required and its railroad specification make it ideal as a starter model.

Locomotive 25 entered SDJR service in 1928 before being taken into LMS stock in 1930 along with the rest of the class. The locomotive would be renumbered twice in fairly quick succession first to 7156 in 1930 and then to 7316 in 1934. In BR service the locomotive would be numbered 47316 and would remain in service until withdrawal and scrapping in 1962.

The Hornby Jinty is fitted with a 3 pole motor and simple gearing, proving to be a reliable runner on any layout. The 6 pin DCC socket allows the model to be used on a digital layout if required and its railroad specification make it ideal as a starter model.