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Following Billinton's death in office on 7th November
1904, the post of Locomotive Superintendent went to D E Marsh who had worked
under Dean at Swindon and Ivatt at Doncaster. Apart from his "Brighton
Atlantics" (very much a copy of the GN Atlantics) and I3 tanks,
Marsh-designed locomotives were very poor performers but his rebuilds were
something else! In 1908 the first three of class C2x were outshopped, being
rebuilds of C2s Nos 545, 547 and 553, with a 5ft diameter boiler giving 1,300
sq. ft. of heating surface, working pressure increased to 170lb and a reduced
grate area. As such, the C2x was a very useful engine for both the intended
goods workings and the occasional passenger ones. Another, 551, was rebuilt in
1909 and a further 27 between then and 1922. The Southern Railway then rebuilt
a further ten in 1924/5, two in 1939 and two in 1940, these last four being
rebuilt at Ashford rather than Brighton. With seven locos withdrawn between
1927 and 1937, there were just three original C2s left, Nos 32435, 32436 and
32533, to be taken into British Railways stock in 1948.
Visually there were obvious differences between the original and rebuilt locos. For the C2x Marsh fitted an extended smokebox, resting on a saddle and pitched considerably higher than the original and, as mentioned previously, some were fitted with a second dome. From 1924 onwards all C2s and C2xs had their domes and chimneys reduced in height to fit in with the smaller Southern Railway loading gauge. |
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Introduced:Driving Wheel: Weight: Water Capacity: Cylinders (2): Boiler Pressure: Tractive Effort: Coal Capacity: BR Power Classification: |
C218935 ft 38 tons 0 cwt 2,420 galls 18 in x 26 in 160 lb sq in 19,094 lbs 4 tons 2-F |
Modified C218935 ft 38 tons 0 cwt 2,420 galls 17½ in x 26 in 160 lb sq in 18,048 lbs 4 tons 2-F |
C2x19085 ft 45 tons 5 cwt 2,420 galls 17½ in x 26 in 170 lb sq in 19,175 lbs 4 tons 2-F |
LBSC N° | SR N° # | BR N° | Built | Rebuilt as C2x | Withdrawn |
433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 |
2433 2434 2435 2436 2437 2438 2439 2440 2441 2442 2443 2444 2445 2446 2447 2448 2449 2450 2451 2452 2521 2522 2523 2524 2525 2526 2527 2528 2529 2530 2531 2532 2533 2534 2535 2536 2537 2538 2539 2540 2541 2542 2543 2544 2545 2546 2547 2548 2549 2550 2551 2552 2553 2554 2555 |
32434 32435 32436 32437 32438 32440 32441 32442 32443 32444 32445 32446 32447 32448 32449 32450 32451 32521 32522 32523 32524 32525 32526 32527 32528 32529 32532 32533 32534 32535 32536 32537 32538 32539 32540 32541 32543 32544 32545 32546 32547 32548 32549 32550 32551 32552 32553 32554 |
Feb 1893 Mar 1893 Mar 1893 Mar 1893 Apr 1893 Apr 1893 Apr 1893 May 1893 May 1893 May 1893 Jun 1893 Jun 1893 Jul 1894 Jul 1894 Aug 1894 Aug 1894 Oct 1894 Oct 1894 Oct 1894 Nov 1894 Aug 1900 Aug 1900 Aug 1900 Sep 1900 Sep 1900 Sep 1900 Sep 1900 Oct 1900 Oct 1900 Oct 1900 Oct 1900 Oct 1900 Oct 1900 Oct 1900 Nov 1900 Nov 1900 Nov 1900 Nov 1900 Nov 1900 Nov 1900 Dec 1901 Dec 1901 Dec 1901 Dec 1901 Dec 1901 Jan 1902 Jan 1902 Jan 1902 Jan 1902 Jan 1902 Feb 1902 Feb 1902 Feb 1902 Feb 1902 Feb 1902 |
Nov 1910 Sep 1911 Feb 1924 Dec 1911 Oct 1912 Jun 1922 Oct 1924 Sep 1910 Mar 1911 Jun 1912 Jan 1911 Nov 1912 Jan 1912 Feb 1910 Mar 1924 Jan 1925 Sep 1910 Apr 1924 Oct 1912 Dec 1910 Jun 1940 Oct 1939 Sep 1911 Apr 1924 Jul 1911 May 1911 Dec 1939 Jun 1924 Aug 1924 Apr 1910 Jun 1924 Dec 1921 May 1910 Oct 1915 Jan 1911 Jul 1908 Jun 1912 Oct 1908 Mar 1925 Oct 1912 Nov 1910 Feb 1909 Jan 1940 Oct 1908 Apr 1911 |
Nov 1936 Mar 1957 May 1948 Jan 1950 Jun 1959 Dec 1961 Apr 1937 Oct 1958 Oct 1961 Feb 1960 Aug 1960 Mar 1960 Nov 1961 Oct 1960 Feb 1960 Oct 1961 Jun 1961 Oct 1961 Nov 1961 Oct 1935 Dec 1961 Oct 1961 Feb 1962 Mar 1958 Jan 1962 Feb 1960 Nov 1960 Feb 1961 Sep 1959 Oct 1935 Mar 1936 May 1960 Feb 1950 Sep 1961 Feb 1962 Mar 1961 Apr 1957 Dec 1961 Nov 1961 Apr 1958 Jan 1961 Jan 1937 Oct 1960 Nov 1961 Dec 1961 Apr 1961 Nov 1961 Nov 1961 Dec 1961 Dec 1961 Feb 1960 Jun 1961 Aug 1961 Feb 1960 Dec 1937 |
# Between 1923 and 1928 SR numbers were the LBSC numbers with the added prefix 'B'
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