Lots of them got withdrawn and scrapped.

i know :(
barry scrapyard was the one place were more locos were saved then scrapped

but this one never made it to the yard

Yeah I know the class Thomas was based on are now scrapped.

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) E2 Class

yeah not one survived

Its a sham.

agreed

The Dieselization era was quite the sad time for railfans... especially is american ones, since we had our steamers cut up ten years earlier

it was indeed a very sad time
2 of this particular class ''Britannia's'' survive in preservation but sadly not this one named ''Royal star'' which is particularly sad for me because my granddad was a railway fireman and worked on this locomotive i have a photo of him standing on the footplate

the story behind this model is of a famous scrap yard in south wales were hundreds of steam locomotives were actually saved for preservation its name was ''Barry scrapyard'' this model shows ROYAL STAR awaiting salvation that would not come for her as sadly the real engine was cut up in 1968 at a different scrapyard in Scotland:(

Sad...

yes indeed :(