OO Manning Wardle L Class 0-6-0ST

Project announced summer 2023 at CAD design stage. Production date and pricing to be advised.
The small and robust locomotives built by the Manning, Wardle company of Leeds were popular with construction contractors through the late Victorian and into the Edwardian era. The L class 0-6-0ST saddle tank engines were built between 1881 and 1926, early locomotives normally having open footplates while full cabs were normal for later built engines. While contractors moved engines from job to job major civil engineering projects such as large industrial complexes, docks and railways often required shunting engines after construction was completed and some of the contractors engines were often purchased. A number of small Manning Wardle engines also served on light railways, being ideal for the often lightly constructed bridges.
This model replicates a cabless locomotive, as seen on the preserved Sir Berkeley built in 1891, and will be one option in a range of variations produced, further details to be advised.

Project announced summer 2023 at CAD design stage. Production date and pricing to be advised.
The small and robust locomotives built by the Manning, Wardle company of Leeds were popular with construction contractors through the late Victorian and into the Edwardian era. The L class 0-6-0ST saddle tank engines were built between 1881 and 1926, early locomotives normally having open footplates while full cabs were normal for later built engines. While contractors moved engines from job to job major civil engineering projects such as large industrial complexes, docks and railways often required shunting engines after construction was completed and some of the contractors engines were often purchased. A number of small Manning Wardle engines also served on light railways, being ideal for the often lightly constructed bridges.
This model replicates a cabless locomotive, as seen on the preserved 'Matthew Murray' (1601/1903) and 'Winston Churchill' (2025/1923), and will be one option in a range of variations produced, further details to be advised.