LMS "Ironclad" Class 25 0-6-0

PossumPatrol · 2026-08-10T12:22:46Z

Designed by William Barton-Wright in the 1870s for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, the Class 25 locomotives were nicknamed "Ironclads" after the battleships of the time. While they had a long career that spanned through the LMS years into the British Railways era, only one is preserved today. This model is 7-wide and powered by a 9V motor in the tender. The lights (the only non-purist parts) are wired to the motor and come on automatically when running. I wanted to try my hand at brick-built lettering so I chose the LMS livery. While the tender is not quite accurate to the originals, the L&YR and its successors had a habit of re-using whatever tenders they had to spare, so it could possibly be a realistic configuration. The wheelbase is a bit too short for my liking, but I had to keep it compatible with R40 curves.