Shamrock Trains is pleased to be able to offer a brand new range of new tinplate locomotives which take their inspiration from the second half of the 19th Century. These distinctive Victorian style locomotives with their large single traction wheels were affectionately known as ‘single wheelers’; powerful machines designed for speed at a time when steam powered development had yet to meet its full potential. Yet they provided their owners with a type of locomotive that was of the upmost efficiency and general reliability at a time when railway routes throughout Britain and Ireland were still in their infancy. Their simple and elegant lines were considered to be years ahead of their time and many lasted operationally well into the 20th Century.

These classically inspired designs are from a different time and fill a gap in the types of ready-to-run O gauge locomotives that are currently available. Wynford Classics trains are styled on Bing from around the period of the First World War and therefore really do capture the essence of that period of model making when form was perhaps more important than to show every locomotive pipe and cylinder.

Wynford Classics is a relatively new business having commenced life in 2007. Their locomotives are British built and crafted using hand soldered construction. Based at workshops in the heart of the Somerset countryside they cast wheels, chimneys and domes and using commercial tinplate sourced from South Wales their locomotives are cut, folded, pummelled, fashioned and hand painted to create O gauge trains of such distinctive style. These Victorian style locomotives use a proven German high quality motor gearbox assembly adapted from an industrial robot. The 12 volt DC motor can effortlessly pull a rake of eight Hornby gauge O carriages around even a tight two feet radius of track.

The Johnson’s Spinner is regarded as one of the most elegant engines ever made. It was designed by Samuel Johnson at Derby for the Midland Railway in 1887. Spinners were used for hauling fast short express trains from St. Pancras to the Midlands, a role they performed for 30 years. They obtained their name because the wheels slipped when first starting, although once they were under way, speeds of 70mph were not unusual. As trains got heavier the Spinner found a role double heading with Midland compounds all over the Southern part of the Midland Railway. The last one, now preserved, was withdrawn in 1928. The model is painted in later Midland livery and will pull six to seven standard Hornby Pullman cars on a level track. Many people have looked high and low for a Bing Spinner without success. Even when an original is found, the price is prohibitive. The real alternative is the Wynford Classic Spinner and tender.
Midland Spinner
Price just £690.00 (inclusive of P&P UK only)
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The Caledonian 123 was built by Neilson & Co. Glasgow in 1886 for the Caledonian Railway to a design by Dugald Drummond. The motive for the design is not clear and the engine found little work, but was involved in the races to the North. The Caledonian 123 ran the 100 miles between Carlisle to Edinburgh from start to stop in a time of 101 minutes. It was used for Directors Specials after 1900 and it survived to become the L. M. S. No 14010. It ran express trains between Perth and Dundee and was eventually withdrawn in 1935. It is now preserved in Glasgow Transport Museum. The locomotive and tender shown here is painted in Caledonian Blue and is well able to emulate 100 miles in 101 minutes with a longer train than the one hauled on that famous occasion. Price includes tender.
Caledonian 123
Price just £690.00 (inclusive of P&P UK only)
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In 1860, the Southern section of the LNWR Mainline was faced with a miscellaneous collection of small engines. To counter that problem, locomotive superintendent J E McConnell designed a series of powerful express engines: small, large and extra large Bloomers. These engines performed prodigious feats for locomotives at their time including running the 133 miles from Euston to Stafford in 140 minutes start to stop including the steep climb up Camden Bank. These engines were so good that they were still hauling express trains 20 years later. At that time, F W Webb thought them so good that he spent time and money bringing them up to date, rebuilding them with new boilers and cabs which provided them with another ten years of life.The nickname Bloomer comes from a certain ladies undergarment which appeared at the same time – the McConnell Bloomers unashamedly showed all their wheels. The locomotive and tender shown here reproduces those as rebuilt by Mr Webb and is available in black, red (Southern LNWR) or green (Northern LNWR).
LNWR Large Bloomer
Price just £690.00 (inclusive of P&P UK only)
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