SECR 751 was built as LB&SCR 54 Waddon in February 1876. By 1900 the Terriers had been displaced from their original suburban passenger work and, with a surplus of small engines, the Brighton company had placed several Terriers on the sales list.
Meanwhile the Sheppey Light Railway had been opened in north Kent. Lacking a suitable small, light weight engine to economically work the goods traffic on this line the South Eastern & Chatham Railway purchased number 54 Waddon, giving the former Brighton engine their number 751.
751 rejoined the remaining Terriers with the Southern Railway at grouping in 1923. The engine was transferred to service stock in December 1932 as 680S or DS680, later carrying the lettering 'C&W Lancing Works'. Withdrawn at the end of May 1962 the engine was presented to the Canada Railway Historical Association and is now displayed in LB&SCR livery as 54 Waddon at Canadas' National Railway Museum in Delson, Quebec.
54/751 was never rebuilt as an A1X, having received a replacement boiler of SECR design. Following Southern Railway and British Railways service the engine is now fitted with a modified A1X boiler, retaining the original shorter smokebox, wing plates and sand boxes, very close to original A1 class appearance.
Model Features:
- Sprung metal buffers and coupling hook with 3-link couplings.
- Diecast running plate for extra strength and weight.
- Firebox glow and flicker effect.
- Etched plates where applicable
- Finely moulded plastic body with many separately added fine details.
- Choice of DCC Ready (21-pin decoder socket) and DCC Sound fitted models.
- Cast, profiled wheels with fine relief and appropriate colouring.
- Tungsten chassis and all wheel pickup.
- Powerful 5 pole skew wound motor with refined slow running control.
- Accessory bag with spares and other added detail.