The first two examples, numbers 337 and 338, appeared in traffic in September and December 1913, and were thoroughly tested at Brighton motive power depot. The class was also fitted with steam sanding and steam carriage heating equipment enabling them to be used on passenger trains. The tenders were the largest of any LB&SCR locomotive with a capacity of 3940 gallons of water and 4 tons of coal. The boilers were fed by hot water injectors, operated by a Weir pump, and surplus steam fed back to the tenders to preheat the water. They were fitted with Robinson style superheaters within a parallel boiler and two large inclined outside cylinders with Stephenson valve gear. They were the first 2-6-0 locomotives to run on the railway, and the first class to have a Belpaire firebox. The new 'K' class incorporated several innovations for the LB&SCR. Lawson Billinton therefore ordered from Brighton works five powerful mixed-traffic locomotives which could cope with both types of load. A larger and more powerful design was required for the heaviest freight trains, whilst there was also a continuing need for larger passenger locomotives, especially during the summer months.

Marsh solved this problem for a few years, but traffic continued to grow and by 1913 these were occasionally being double-headed. The rebuilding of Robert Billinton's C2 class with larger boilers by D.E. This issue became increasingly problematic after about 1910 as more and more suburban lines were electrified. However, those it did have had to be able to accelerate quickly from sidings and signals and maintain a good speed if they were not going to impede the intensive use of the lines for passenger traffic, particularly in the London suburbs. The entire class was eventually withdrawn in 1962 for 'bookkeeping' rather than 'operational' reasons.ĭue to the nature of its traffic, the LB&SCR had relatively limited need of heavy freight locomotives. The locomotives proved their usefulness once again during the Second World War, and continued to provide reliable service until the 1960s. However, after the formation of the Southern Railway in 1923 the remaining three locomotives on order were not completed and the seventeen members of the class led relatively quiet yet reliable lives over their traditional lines. Further examples were built after the war, and the class was used as a test bed for various items of specialised equipment.

They appeared shortly before the First World War and the first ten examples of the class did prodigious work during that conflict on munitions, supply and troop trains. Billinton for the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) in 1913. London Brighton and South Coast Railway Class K were powerful 2-6-0 mixed traffic locomotives designed by L. London Brighton and South Coast Railway, Southern Railway, British Railways We intend to create a new member of this powerful class, and we can only do this through your support.4 ft 8 + 1⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gaugeġ05 long tons 5 cwt or 106.9 t or 117.9 short tons fullģ,940 imp gal (17,911.59 l 4,731.74 US gal) Withdrawal of the class took place between February 1961 and April 1963. In the mid-1950s the class were tried out as shunters at Southampton Docks, and found to be useful, and six examples were retained for this purpose until their replacement by British Rail Class 07 diesel shunters in 1962. During the Second World War they also replaced the SR Z class at Hither Green marshalling yard. Two were tried in 1914 as passenger locomotives on push-pull duties with the locomotives in the middle of a rake of six coaches, but the experiment was abandoned during the same year as they had insufficient c oal capacity, which we intend to fix.įollowing the electrification of the Brighton line in 1936 the class was used as replacements for the former London Chatham and Dover Railway T class at the Herne Hill marshalling yard, around Victoria station and at Dover harbour. These included empty stock workings at Victoria and London Bridge Stations. The E2 class locomotives were mainly used for the heavier shunting and short distance freight duties in the London area and on the south coast, as their small coal bunkers made them unsuitable for long trips. This locomotive was designed to replace the elderly Stoudley E1s. We are here to recreate a long lost type of locomotive, the LB&SCR E2 0-6-0T.

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