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LB&SCR E1 class

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The four on the Isle of Wight worked goods trains until route closures in the 1950s brought a reduction in their duties. When repairs became due, they were withdrawn from service instead of being overhauled: No. W2 was withdrawn in September 1956, No. W1 in March 1957, No. W3 in June 1959 and No. W4
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and appeared in traffic between September 1874 and March 1875. They performed well and further orders were placed at intervals, with some being built every year until 1881 when the class consisted of sixty locomotives; twelve more were built in 1883, and after Stroudley's death, a final batch of six
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Nos. W1–W3 were allocated to Newport, and no. W4 was at Ryde. They were primarily intended for goods traffic, but were used on passenger trains where necessary. At speed they were unsteady, but after No. W4 was successfully rebalanced at Ryde Works in October 1933 the others were modified similarly
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in 1993. It was withdrawn prematurely in 1997 requiring firebox and boiler repairs, and spent many years in pieces awaiting overhaul, although in 2011 it was cosmetically restored into (inauthentic) BR black.
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classes. Withdrawals commenced in 1908 when one locomotive was broken up for spares, and others were withdrawn at intervals until May 1914, when the increased need for locomotives during the
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between January and June 1911 and reclassified E1X; it was renumbered 89A in October 1911, and 689 in December 1912. However this was rebuilt as an E1 in 1930 once the boiler was condemned.
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was built in 1891 bringing the total to seventy-eight. The class was used throughout the LBSCR system, principally for goods and shunting, but occasionally for secondary passenger duties.
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in 1874 for short-distance goods and piloting duties. They were originally classified E, and generally known as "E-tanks"; They were reclassified E1 in the time of
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ownership, withdrawals continued during the 1920s, with some examples sold to industrial railways rather than scrapped. Eight examples were also rebuilt as
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After withdrawal it was bought for preservation and moved between several sites before restoration began in 1986 and it returned to action at the
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Because no more members of the O2 class were sent over to the Isle of Wight, the names of the Wight-based E tanks were not transferred over.
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in 1948, but during the 1950s they were gradually replaced by diesel shunters. The last survivor, BR No. 32694, was allocated to
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Numbers were 97–156 for those built between 1874 and 1881, 85–96 for those built in 1883, and 159–164 for those built in 1891.
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meant that there were no further withdrawals. One locomotive (no. 89) was rebuilt with a larger boiler by
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was not an 0-6-0T but a prototype 0-6-2T, originally classified F but later included in the
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no. 46447 moving to the ESR. The railway plans to restore the engine and run it as No. W2
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E1/R 0-6-2T No. 32124 piloting a Bulleid Light Pacific at Exeter St David's 16 July 1949
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The first six locomotives of this useful and long-lived class were built at
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tank engines for use in the west of England. These were classified as
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In 1884 Stroudley also built one example of the class (No. 157
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17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
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900 imp gal (4,090 L; 1,080 US gal)
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After 1894/95, the class gradually began to be replaced by
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Thirty examples survived the transfer of ownership to
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A Locomotive History of Railways on the Isle of Wight
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London, Brighton and South Coast Railway locomotives
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They gave it the number 9 and named it 637:One example, No. B110 (originally No. 110 309: 286: 217:1.5 long tons (1.5 t; 1.7 short tons) 93: 43: 488:E1 No. 2133 (formerly LB&SCR no. 133 21:London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 977:London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 406:London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 322:London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 804: 792: 780: 768: 753: 741: 729: 688: 681: 1344:Railway locomotives introduced in 1874 17: 7: 643:Cannock and Rugeley Colliery Company 1354:Rail transport on the Isle of Wight 179:4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) 1313:British Railways steam locomotives 14: 818:"LB&SCR E1 No.110 "Burgundy"" 417: 394:One preserved, remainder scrapped 257:977 sq ft (90.8 m) 122: 28: 241:16 sq ft (1.5 m) 888:Bradley, D.L. (October 1982). 660:In 2012, B110 was sold to the 300:17,470 lbf (77.7 kN) 1: 209:44.15 long tons (44.9 t) 1308:Southern Railway locomotives 986:London and Brighton Railway 857:Bradley, D.L. (June 1972). 662:Isle of Wight Steam Railway 456:) with a larger boiler and 385:Isle of Wight Steam Railway 249:160 psi (1.1 MPa) 1370: 931:East Somerset Railway page 641:) was sold in 1927 to the 1293: 926:Steam locomotive database 701:Haresnape, Brian (1985). 308: 285: 92: 42: 27: 480:Rebuilds and withdrawals 238: • Grate area 201: in (9.868 m) 936:Rail UK database entry 501: 493: 1298:SE&CR locomotives 840:East Somerset Railway 654:East Somerset Railway 499: 487: 709:. pp. 111–112. 437:Construction and use 290:Performance figures 1334:0-6-0T locomotives 1014:Craven Locomotives 822:Cranmore Loco Fund 807:, pp. 43, 45. 626:in October 1960. 502: 494: 34:E1 class, no. 155 23:E1 and E1X Classes 1321: 1320: 1079: 1069: 1049: 1039: 995:Early locomotives 732:, pp. 42–44. 691:, pp. 39–41. 666:LMS Ivatt Class 2 664:, in return for 622:later that year. 616:Southampton Docks 427:William Stroudley 423:steam locomotives 402: 401: 398: 397: 304: 303: 281: 280: 88: 87: 1361: 1303:LSWR locomotives 1075: 1065: 1045: 1035: 970: 963: 956: 947: 941:Southern E-Group 915: 884: 844: 843: 832: 826: 825: 814: 808: 802: 796: 790: 784: 778: 772: 766: 757: 751: 745: 739: 733: 727: 721: 720: 698: 692: 686: 612:British Railways 607:during 1935–36. 594:131 (originally 583:154 (originally 572:152 (originally 561:136 (originally 540: 533:Southern Railway 421: 419: 352:Isle of Wight: C 330:British Railways 326:Southern Railway 310: 287: 200: 199: 195: 192: 167: 163: 161: 160: 156: 153: 126: 124: 94: 81: 44: 32: 18: 1369: 1368: 1364: 1363: 1362: 1360: 1359: 1358: 1324: 1323: 1322: 1317: 1289: 1251:L. 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Brighton Works
Whyte
0-6-0
T
UIC
Gauge
Driver
Cylinders
Cylinder size
Tractive effort
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Southern Railway
British Railways
Class
BR: 2F
Isle of Wight Steam Railway
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
0-6-0
T
steam locomotives
William Stroudley
D. E. Marsh
Brighton
Eastbourne
Tunbridge Wells
E3 class


R. J. Billinton

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