Expected Delivery December 2026 (Subject to Change at Manufacturer's Discretion).

The famous LB&SCR A1/A1X 0-6-0 Terrier is back for the 2026 range launch, utilising the highly accurate OO Gauge tooling suite that expertly captures the charming characteristics of the southern steam engine. It has been designed for smooth and reliable operation, including the provision for digital command control via a 6-pin decoder socket. This particular example depicts No.643 in London Brighton & South Coast Railway Marsh Brown.

Model Specification:

• Expertly moulded die-cast body and chassis for added realism and weight
  
• Number of separately fitted parts, including smokebox door, water filler caps, handrails, lamp irons and buffers
  
• Brass connector rods with metal securing pins
  
• Detailed cab interior with painted instrument dials
  
• Pivoting NEM sockets for improved coupling around tight curves
  
• Precision-engineered coreless motor for smooth running
  
• All-wheel pick-ups
  
• Accessory pack
  
• minimum 2nd radius
  

Electronics:

• 6-Pin DCC Decoder socket compatible with HM7000 system
  

Tooling:

• Stroudley chimney
  
• Flush smokebox door
  
• Four lamp brackets on front and rear
  
• Low bufferstock with no lamp brackets
  
• Steam pipes
  
• Small cab bunker with no coal rails
  
• Westinghouse pump
  

Livery:

• LB&SCR Marsh Brown
  
• Accurate colours and typefaces
  
• Era 2
  

Hornby Recommends:

• LB&SCR 4/6-wheel coaches
  
• Plank wagons
  

History:

First introduced in 1872, by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, by 1880, 50 of these ‘A1’ Class 0-6-0T locomotives were built at Brighton Locomotive Works to the design of William Stroudley. This one started out numbered 43 and named ‘Gipsyhill’ on 15 June 1877 and was subsequently renumbered 643 by the LB&SCR. 

It went on to be rebuilt to ‘A1X’ in 1919, but was sold by the Southern Railway for £785 to the Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Light Railway in December 1925, famously entering GWR stock in 1940. It passed into nationalisation but was withdrawn in January 1950 and scrapped at Swindon in March 1954.