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The first of Lawson Billinton's own designs for the
LB&SCR was a relatively modest 0-6-0T to replace some of the early
Stroudley E1 goods locos, the class E2.
This engine had the now customary curved drop at each end of the platform, slotted frames, a similar boiler of 170 lb sq in and the same cylinders as the I2 class. With 4' 6" drivers and 1,090 gallon water capacity, five were built between May and December 1913. Five more were built to a modified design between May 1915 and September 1916 with longer tanks incorporating a cut out to give access to the motion and therefore increased water capacity of 1,256 gallons. Normally used as goods or shunting engines, two from the first batch were to be found in 1914 working six coach pull and push trains between London Bridge and Crystal Palace, wearing the passenger livery. With these the engine was in the middle and they were not a success! The engines had insufficient coal capacity and the experiment was abandoned during the same year. When doing the work for which they were intended they were very useful engines, one of their duties in the late 1930s was to bring in the stock for the "Night Ferry" and then bank the train out of Victoria. |
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Introduced: Driving Wheel: Total Weight: Water Capacity: Cylinders (2): Boiler Pressure: Tractive Effort: Power Classification: |
May 1913 4 ft 6 ins 100-104: 52 tons 15 cwt, 105-109: 53 tons 10 cwt 100-104: 1,090 galls, 105-109 1,256 gals 17½ in x 26 in 170 lb sq in 21,305 lb 3-F |
The LBSC was better than the other Southern Companies in keeping locomotive classes more or less in consecutive numbers, but they could issue these numbers somewhat randomly! Though not as bad as the "Terriers", the E1s were no exception. The following table is set out in order of build: | |||||||
LBSC N° | SR N° # | BR N° | Built | Withdrawn | |||
100 | 2100 | 32100 | Jun 1913 | Nov 1961 | |||
101 | 2101 | 32101 | Aug 1913 | Sep 1962 | |||
102 | 2102 | 32102 | Oct 1913 | Oct 1961 | |||
103 | 2103 | 32103 | Dec 1913 | Oct 1962 | |||
104 | 2104 | 32104 | Jan 1914 | Apr 1963 | |||
105 | 2105 | 32105 | Jun 1915 | Sep 1962 | |||
106 | 2106 | 32106 | Sep 1915 | Oct 1962 | |||
107 | 2107 | 32107 | Mar 1916 | Feb 1961 | |||
108 | 2108 | 32108 | Jul 1916 | Jun 1961 | |||
109 | 2109 | 32109 | Oct 1916 | Apr 1963 | |||
# Between 1923 and 1928 SR numbers were the LBSC
numbers with the added prefix 'B' although the new number may not have been applied until some time later Where a loco is being shown to have been Wdn after a change of ownership and no new number is shown then that loco didn't carry the new owner's number, e.g. N°109 didn't carry a BR number ¶ Nearly all LBSCR names were removed in 1906 |
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Bibliography: The London Brighton and South Coast Railway by C Hamilton Ellis The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway web site by Dave Searle - www.lbscr.org.uk ABC of British Locomotives 1948 Observer's Book of Railway Locomotives of Great Britain 1958 |
This page was last updated 7 March 2012