Churchward's 1901 grand plan for a series of standard locomotives constructed from a pool of common parts included a 4-6-0 with 5ft 8in driving wheels, a No. 1 boiler and two outside cylinders. In the event, such a locomotive did not materialise from Swindon until 1936 by which time Collett was in charge. Apart from the Collett cab, screw reverse and a number of detail modifications however, the design for the 'Grange' class was virtually pure Churchward.

The trigger for the introduction of the 'Granges' was the fact that many of the earlier 43XX moguls were becoming life-expired by the mid-1930s and the Running Department had been asking for some time for a 4-6-0 that could take over the work of many of the older 2-6-0 and 4-4-0 designs. By withdrawing 80 of the Churchward Moguls, Collett was able to re-use some of their components – such as wheels and motion – in the construction of the 'Granges'.

In essence, the 'Grange' is a 'Hall' with smaller wheels. The No. 1 boiler made the engines more powerful than the Moguls they were intended to replace but the heavier weight also placed them in the 'red' route restriction group. Although this limited their sphere of operation rather more than the 'blue' Moguls, they were still widely spread over the GW system. The 'Granges' proved to be extremely capable mixed traffic locomotives which could and did also show a good turn of speed on passenger work when required.

When new the 'Granges' were coupled to Churchward 3,500 gallon tenders, while later in life many of them received Collett 3,500 gallon, 4,000 gallon tenders or even the Hawksworth 8ft wide 4,000 gallon tender. All these tenders are available, with the option of purchasing extra tenders at £600 each if required.

The first four 'Granges' were turned out with rather plain cast iron chimneys but the later engines had a new design of copper capped chimney which became standard for the class. Frequent boiler changes at overhauls meant that some 'Granges' also appeared with the larger, taller 'Hall' Class copper capped chimneys. Later in the BR period many 'Granges' had the tall ID (improved draughting) copper capped chimney. In BR days there was frequent swapping of ID and Grange chimneys as the boilers were changed at major overhauls. In later BR years very few Granges had Hall chimneys. We are offering all the chimney types, except for the early short-lived cast iron pattern.

Another noticeable feature of Granges is the oil pipe cover on the smokebox flanks. There were two types of GWR cover and five types of BR cover. Our models have all been fitted with the correct oil cover types based on photographic evidence. As a result of this specification, changing the names of BR engines will be limited to maintain fidelity.

Apart from Scaleseven or Finescale 0 gauge, the only other option now will be a choice of tenders.

We built 60 'Granges' in 6 liveries: GW green with the shirtbutton monogram; GW green with G W R; GW black with G W R; BR lined black with lion-over-wheel emblem (1949-53) 6809 and 6819 only; BR plain black with lion-over-wheel emblem (1953-56) and BR lined green with later totem (late 1956 onwards). All the BR period locomotives are fitted with smokebox door number plates and shedcode plates.

Of the 60 'Granges', 12 were made in GWR livery and 48 in BR liveries. It is not possible to swap GWR and BR engines as there are significant detail differences. As of October 2019 all the BR lined black engines and GWR engines have been sold. We still have a good choice of BR plain black and BR lined green engines available including a few Scale7 locomotives.

One 'Grange' has been finished as special model of 6880 Betton Grange (the Grange replica now being built). This will be donated to the Betton Grange Group.

As production is now complete, all the locomotives have been allocated names. It may be possible to change names and numbers (easier on BR locomotives than GWR locomotives due to the painted bufferbeam numbers) subject to fidelity to the prototype. If particular names are required we can order them from Severn Mill Nameplates, but the nameplate painting is complex and has to be carried out in Korea. There will also be a delay in delivery of such models and the change will necessitate extra working time and an extra charge.

68XX 'Grange' availability:

Number	Production number	Name	Livery	Emblem	Chimney	Oil pipe covers	Lubrication system	Tender type	Gauge 0/ Scale 7
6800	1	Arlington Grange	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Standard BR	BR	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS
6803	2	Bucklebury Grange	GWR plain green	Shirtbutton	Hall	GWR pattern	GWR	Churchward 3,500 gallon	OFS
6806	3	Blackwell Grange	BR lined green	Totem	Hall	Standard BR	BR	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS
6811	8	Cranbourne Grange	BR lined green	Lion-over-wheel	Grange	Standard BR	BR	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS
6813	10	Eastbury Grange	GWR lined green	Totem	ID	Standard BR	BR	Collett 3,500 gallon	OFS
6816	12	Frankton Grange	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Standard BR	BR	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS
6822	15	Manton Grange	BR plain black	Lion-over-wheel	Hall	Standard BR	BR	Collett 3,500 gallon	OFS
6830	19	Buckenhill Grange	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Standard BR	BR	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS
6831	20	Bearley Grange	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Large BR	BR	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS
6832	21	Brockton Grange	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Standard BR	BR	Collett 3,500 gallon	S7
6835	22	Eastham Grange	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Standard BR	BR	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS
6836	23	Estavarney Grange	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Standard BR	BR	Collett 3,500 gallon	S7
6844	25	Penhydd Grange	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Standard BR	BR	Hawksworth 4,000 gallon	OFS
6848	28	Toddington Grange	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Standard BR	BR	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS
6849	30	Walton Grange	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Standard BR	BR	Collett 3,500 gallon	OFS
6852	32	Headbourne Grange	BR plain black	Lion-over-wheel	Grange	Standard BR	BR	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS
6854	35	Roundhill Grange	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Standard BR	BR	Collett 3,500 gallon	OFS
6856	36	Stowe Grange	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Standard BR	BR	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS
6859	38	Yiewsley Grange	BR plain black	Lion-over-wheel	Hall	Standard BR	BR	Churchward 3,500 gallon	OFS
6860	39	Aberporth Grange	BR plain black	Lion-over-wheel	Hall	Standard BR	BR	Collett 3,500 gallon	OFS
6861	40	Crynant Grange	BR plain black	Lion-over-wheel	ID	Standard BR	BR	Churchward 3,500 gallon	OFS
6862	41	Derwent Grange	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Large BR	BR	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS
6866	42	Morfa Grange	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Standard BR	BR	Collett 3,500 gallon	OFS
6868	9	Penrhos Grange	GWR plain green	Shirtbutton	Grange	GWR pattern	GWR	Churchward 3,500 gallon	S7
6869	44	Resolven Grange	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Standard BR	BR	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS
6870	18	Bodicote Grange	BR plain black	Lion-over-wheel	Hall	Standard BR	BR	Collett 3,500 gallon	S7
6875	61	Hindford Grange	BR plain black	Lion-over-wheel	Grange	Standard BR	BR	Collett 3,500 gallon	OFS
6879	46	Overton Grange	BR Lined green	Totem	ID	Large BR	BR	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS
6879	47	Overton Grange	BR Lined green	Totem	ID	Large BR	BR	Churchward 3,500 gallon	S7

EU Customers can enquire about paying in Euros. Any new orders will require payment in full as all the models are all now ready to deliver. All reservations are now committed and are not eligible for cancellation and/or refunds other than in the most exceptional circumstances.

68XX 'Grange' prices

Model Type   Base price Reservation deposit Second payment Final Payment Total Payment 68XX 'Grange'   £ £ £ £ £ Non EU Overseas Price excl VAT 2805 250 1485 1130 2865 EU Price inc VAT 3355 250 1485 1680 3415 UK Price inc VAT 3355 250 1485 1620 3355

PLEASE NOTE: There is no delivery charge for UK customers (excluding Northern Ireland and remote postal areas).
For all orders from outside the UK, Northern Ireland and remote postal areas, a delivery charge of £60 will be included in the final payment. 

CURRENT AVAILABILITY OF GWR/BR 'HALLS' AND 'MODIFIED HALLS':

COLLETT HALLS

Locomotive type	Number	Production number	Name	Livery	Emblem	Chimney type	Tender type	Gauge 0/ Scale 7
Collett 49XX	4932	7	Hatherton Hall	BR lined green	Totem	Hall	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS
Collett 59XX	5916	8	Trinity Hall	BR lined green	Totem	Grange	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS
Collett 59XX	5960	15	St Edmund Hall	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS
Collett 69XX	6904	4	Charfield Hall	GWR lined green	G crests W	Hall	Hawksworth 4,000 gallon	OFS
Collett 69XX	6905	1	Claughton Hall	BR lined green	Totem	Grange	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS
Collett 69XX	6926	3	Holkham Hall	BR lined green	Totem	Grange	Hawksworth 4,000 gallon	S7
Collett 69XX	6931	5	Aldborough Hall	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Hawksworth 4,000 gallon	OFS

MODIFIED HALLS

Locomotive type	Number	Production number	Name	Livery	Emblem	Chimney type	Tender type	Gauge 0/ Scale 7
Modified Hall	6985	3	Parwick Hall	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Hawksworth 4,000 gallon	OFS
Modified Hall	7902	9	Eaton Mascot Hall	BR lined green	Totem	ID	Collett 4,000 gallon	OFS

 

Please note that the above are the only models now available and configurations can no longer be changed.

The vast majority of the Hall class engines ran with either the Collett 4,000 gallon or Hawksworth 4,000 gallon tenders, so we have allocated these in line with the selected livery configuration. However, several 49XX locomotives ran with Churchward and/or Collett 3,500 gallon tenders. Many Collett and Modified Halls also swapped from Collett to Hawksworth tenders and vice-versa, some doing this several times during their working lives. We may be able to offer a suitable alternative or additional tender from stock depending ong the livery selected.

Like the Granges, the Halls swapped boilers and smokeboxes on a regular basis. This meant that a given locomotive, especially the Collett Halls, could be seen at different times during its working life with a variety of chimney and oil pipe cover types. So for Collett Halls in the BR period: Hall, Grange and ID chimneys were all fitted especially in their later years. Modified Halls initially all had the Grange chimney. In later life most had ID chimneys fitted together with 3 row superheaters. In our selection of engines we have chosen chimneys and oil pipe covers as depicted for the engines in photographs of the relevant period.

All locomotives are fitted with DCC-sound decoders and are DC/DCC-sound switchable. The motor fitted is the same aerospace grade precision coreless motor as used in the 70XX Castles, 47XX, 68XX Grange, the 28XX/38XX and the Standard Class 5. This gives outstanding running performance when coupled with our totally enclosed ball-bearing helical gearbox. On the Halls we have fitted the standard version of the gearbox with the lower step down ratio suitable for a mixed traffic locomotive. We have also incorporated into the models the new technology changes pioneered in the 47XX and 68XX Grange models.

If you would like an engine please contact us or use the form on the right to make a reservation.

As all the models are now produced, so if you would like a model we will now only take payments in full. EU Customers can enquire about paying in Euros.

Delivery by courier within the UK is free of charge, and to the EU and the rest of the world it is £60.

Hall and Modified Hall prices

Model Type   Base price Carriage charge Reservation deposit Second payment Final Payment Total Payment Hall/ Modified Hall   £ £ £ £ £ £ Non EU Overseas Price excl VAT 2805 60 250 1485 1070 2865 EU Price inc VAT 3355 60 250 1485 1620 3415 UK Price inc VAT 3355 0 250 1485 1620 3355

 

Churchward's last great masterpiece, the 47XX mixed traffic 2-8-0, is among the most iconic locomotives ever produced for the Great Western Railway. Only nine of these huge locomotives were built, primarily for fast overnight freight work, earning them the nickname 'Night Owls'.

Ironically the heyday for the class only came in the post-nationalisation years when the potential of these locomotives for use on heavy Summer Saturday passenger trains was acknowledged. In recognition of this they were turned out in fully lined BR passenger green livery.

The Masterpiece Models Edition is just 60 locomotives of nine prototypes. All models are now built and liveries are therefore fixed. Most of the models are now reserved. There is still a reasonable choice of GWR models available, but we have fewer BR lined green versions left. As of October 2019 there is only one model of 4708 available, which is in BR lined green livery. We have sold all the BR lined black models (4702 was the only locomotive so treated), but we still have a few BR plain black engines. So if you would like a 47XX model please do not wait too long as you may be disappointed. We have also made one special model of the Great Western Society's new-bulid 4709, fitted with 'pin-between' driving wheels as on the full-size replica. We are donating this model to the 4709 Group.

4700 in its initial form with a Standard No.1 boiler has not been made - all our models will have the large No.7 boiler. Outside steam pipes are fitted to all the models, together with the extended cab roof that was introduced on the class in 1927. All models are fitted with the shorter style of safety valve bonnet. The models of Nos. 4701-3 have the snifting valves mounted outside on the valve chest of the cylinders, while Nos. 4700/4/5/6/7/8 have them mounted in the standard position on the smokebox saddle above the running plate. We have pictures of 4700 with snifting valves on the cylinders in its early days, but these were soon moved to the smokebox saddle.

In the early 1930s the class began to be attached to 4,000 gallon tenders. We did have some spare Churchward 3,500 tenders but we have now run out, so for customers who want this tender it would have to be a special order which will not be available for several months as we would have to provide a tender from the 28XX build.

Six liveries were offered: GW green with GREAT WESTERN; GW Green with shirtbutton monogram; GW green with G W R lettering; BR unlined black with lion-over-wheel emblem; BR lined black with the lion-over-wheel emblem (4702 only) and BR lined green with later totem. All the BR period locomotives are fitted with smokebox door number plates and shedcode plates.

If you would like an engine please contact us first by email or telephone with your requirements and we will see whether and how we can meet your needs. You can also reserve your engine using the form on the right but we cannot guarantee to provide what you request as we only have what is left in stock. It may be possible to change the identity a BR livery engine subject to authenticity, however changing GWR livery engines is more difficult as this means changing the buffer beam number.

As all the models are now produced and ready to deliver we can only take payments in full. EU Customers can enquire about paying in Euros.

Delivery by courier within the UK is free of charge, and to the EU and the rest of the world it is £60.

47XX prices

Model Type		Base price	Reservation deposit	Second payment	Final Payment	Total Payment
47XX 2-8-0		£	£	£	£	£
Non EU Overseas	Price excl VAT	2888	250	1540	1158	2948
EU	Price inc VAT	3465	250	1540	1735	3525
UK	Price inc VAT	3465	250	1540	1675	3465

 

Churchward's highly capable 28XX heavy freight locomotives were the first 2-8-0s in Britain. The initial production series of 84 engines was built between 1905 and 1919 and many of the class were still at work into the 1960s. A further 83 engines were built between 1938 and 1942 with Collett cabs and other modifications.

All Masterpiece Models 28XX and 2884 (38XX) 2-8-0s are fitted with DCC-sound decoders and are DC/DCC-sound switchable. The motor is the same Aerospace grade precision coreless motor as used in the 70XX 'Castles', 47XX, 68XX 'Grange' and the 49XX 'Halls', 'Modified Halls' and the Standard Class 5. This gives outstanding running performance when coupled with our totally enclosed ball-bearing helical gearbox. On the 28XX/38XX we have fitted a special version of the gearbox with a special higher step down ratio to optimise slow speed running on these heavy duty freight locomotives. We have also incorporated the new technology changes pioneered in the 47XX and 68XX Grange models.

28XX 2-8-0 MODELS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE:

Number	Production number	Livery	Emblem	Chimney	Outside Steam Pipes	Gauge 0 Scale 7
Category 1: Curved frames, top feed, GWR fully lined livery
2840	2 of 2	GWR lined green	Garter arms	Later revised taper	No	OFS
Category 2: Square frames, GWR plain green livery   SOLD OUT
Category 3: Square frames, top feed, BR plain black livery
2805	6 of 7	BR plain black	Totem	Later revised taper	No	OFS
Category 4: Curved frames, GWR plain green livery
2808	14	GWR green	Shirtbutton	Later revised taper	Yes	OFS
2817	15	GWR green	Shirtbutton	Later revised taper	Yes	OFS
2820	19	GWR green	Shirtbutton	Later revised taper	Yes	OFS
2820	21	GWR green	Shirtbutton	Later revised taper	Yes	OFS
2837	1	GWR green	Great Western	Early cast iron parallel	No	OFS
2837	12	GWR green	Great Western	Later revised taper	No	OFS
2850	17	GWR green	GWR	Later revised taper	Yes	OFS
2858	16	GWR green	Shirtbutton	Later revised taper	Yes	OFS
2875	20	GWR green	Great Western	Later revised taper	No	OFS
Category 5: Curved frames, BR plain black livery
2852	5	BR plain black	Lion-over-wheel	Later revised taper	Yes	OFS
2873	8	BR plain black	Totem	Later revised taper	Yes	OFS
2875	4	BR plain black	No emblem	Later revised taper	No	OFS
2880	9	BR plain black	Totem	Later revised taper	No	OFS
2881	6	BR plain black	Totem	Later revised taper	No	OFS
Category 6: 2884 (38XX) Collett cab, top feed, BR plain black livery
2884	9	BR plain black	Totem	Later revised taper	Yes	OFS

28XX/38XX prices

Model Type   Base price Carriage charge Reservation deposit Second payment Final Payment Total Payment 28XX/38XX   £ £ £ £ £ £ Non EU Overseas Price excl VAT 2750 60 250 1430 1070 2810 EU Price inc VAT 3300 60 250 1430 1620 3360 UK Price inc VAT 3300 0 250 1430 1620 3300