St George

Peckett & Sons was a locomotive manufacture based in Bristol. Originally founded in 1864 as Fox, Walker and Company, the works built steam locomotives of varying sizes and gauges, until being taken over in 1961 by Reed Crane & Hoist Company, before they themselves went in to liquidation.

Although the majority of the locomotives built by Peckett & Sons were saddle tanks, they did build a number of side tanks as well as tender locomotives. Many of their designs shared similarities with one another. In 1942 they designed and manufactured order number 2024 for the Selukwe Peak Light Railway in Rhodesia, Southern Africa. This 0-4-2T locomotive was built to 2’ gauge and was in fact one of three identical locomotives supplied (named Karen, Ivy and Mary). In 1976, Karen was repatriated to the UK and went on to find a home at the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway, Porthmadog. It saw service in the mid-1980’s before retiring to a static exhibit since 1993.

Whilst a freelance model, the St. George Class shares features in common with the Selukwe Peak locomotives. Using the same 0-6-0 chassis of the Atlas Class, the layout above the frames follows the general arrangement of Karen and her two sister locomotives. The shape of the cab, tanks, and the location of the injectors and controls are in keeping other Peckett prototypes, and along with the Saddle tank they make a feasible pair that could have been built for a UK narrow gauge railway.

St George is powered by a Graham Farish 08 chassis, with custom etch parts. The motion has been upgraded for 2019. As with most of our models, they are packaged in a collector's box, complete with detailed instructions on the care of the model and a full colour booklet on the background of the model.

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