LB&SCR B1 Class 0-4-2
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The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway B1 Class is a class of 0-4-2 express passenger steam locomotives, known from the name of the first, No. 214, as the "Gladstones".
They were the last express passenger design of William Stroudley, thirty-six being turned out from Brighton railway works between 1882 and 1891. All were named after politicians or men associated with the railway. Twenty-six passed to the Southern Railway in 1923 and the last (No. 172) was withdrawn in 1933.[1]
The first of the class, 214 Gladstone, was preserved as a static exhibit thanks to the efforts of the Stephenson Locomotive Society and is normally on display in the National Railway Museum, York.
References
- ↑ Bradley, D. L. (1972). The Locomotives of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway, part 2. London: Railway Correspondence and Travel Society.
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