About Us
About us
Fourdees Limited was founded in 1990 by a design engineer from the steel industry. The purpose was to offer engineering expertise on a consultancy basis to medium sized companies who could not justify a full time internal resource. Through the 1990’s, Fourdees developed particular expertise in the design of mass production machinery for the automotive industry.
A decline in medium sized manufacturers in the Yorkshire region resulted in less consultancy work in the beginning of the new century. To survive, Fourdees carried out a number of special projects, including the production of narrow gauge railway vehicles.
The company has recently set up two divisions, one to continue to offer engineering consultancy and the other to develop a line of model locomotives for 009 scale.
Our Aims
Our aim is to continue develop a range of ready-to-run locomotives and rolling stock for OO9 scale railway modellers. We chose models of prototypes that do not lend themselves to large scale production, in order to give modellers the widest possible range of products to chose from. Our short-run batches enable us to offer more prototypes, in more variations, than would otherwise be possible.
The key ingredients of our models are:
Realism
We appreciate that modelling the narrow gauge is different from modelling standard gauge. There were very few standard locomotives in narrow gauge operation. Each railway tended to have its own customised fleet of engines, suited to its gradients and train lengths.
We design and produce models of both prototype and freelance appearance. Our freelance locomotives are designed to be realistic of the style of the well established locomotive builders. We apply extensive knowledge of how locomotives are engineered to ensure that our freelance models are true to the form that they would have taken if actually built.
Smooth Operation
All the models are fitted onto commercially available N gauge chassis, to guarantee a smooth operation. These are models we hope you will enjoy operating. In fact, in the perspective of the larger 009 scale, the running is better than the original N scale model.
We carry out a thorough test on every chassis to ensure that added parts do not hinder the smooth operation.
Lavish Detailing
Each model is hand painted to depict details such as copper chimney caps and safety valves. We are continually developing the body production techniques to achieve an improved finish, more detail and increased robustness with each new model.
All our models have fully detailed cabs with accurately positioned controls.
Contact
For the quickest response, please contact us via email at info@fourdees.co.uk.
For written correspondence, please use the following address:
57 Wentworth Road
Blacker Hill
Barnsley
S74 0RP
United Kingdom
