LB&SCR G class

Template:Use British English The LB&SCR G class were powerful 2-2-2 locomotives, designed by William Stroudley of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1874.

History

A prototype single locomotive, No. 151 Grosvenor, was designed by Stroudley and produced by Brighton railway works in December 1874. This was extensively tested before a second, scaled down locomotive No. 325 Abergavenny, was ordered in June 1876 and completed in January 1877. Both locomotives performed adequately, but Abergavenny was significantly less powerful than Grosvenor. A modified design was developed and twelve further locomotives were built between December 1880 and November 1881. The members of this class worked express trains between London and South Coast towns such as Portsmouth, Brighton and Eastbourne, and covered large mileages. The introduction of the Billinton B2 class made the singles redundant on the Portsmouth line and so several were transferred to Tunbridge Wells.

Withdrawals began in May 1907, and the last locomotive survived until May 1914. No examples have been preserved, but there is a model of No. 331 Fairlight in the museum at Sheffield Park on the Bluebell Railway.

Locomotive summary

G class fleet summary

LBSC No.	Date Built	New No.	Date	Name	Withdrawn
151	Template:Dts	326	Template:Dts	Grosvenor	Template:Dts
325	Template:Dts			Abergavenny	Template:Dts
327	Template:Dts			Imberhorne	Template:Dts
328	Template:Dts			Sutherland	Template:Dts
329	Template:Dts	329A	Template:Dts	Stephenson	Template:Dts
330	Template:Dts			Newhaven	Template:Dts
331	Template:Dts			Fairlight	Template:Dts
332	Template:Dts			Shanklin	Template:Dts
333	Template:Dts			Ventnor	Template:Dts
334	Template:Dts			Petworth	Template:Dts
335	Template:Dts			Connaught	Template:Dts
336	Template:Dts			Edinburgh	Template:Dts
337	Template:Dts			Yarmouth	Template:Dts
338	Template:Dts			Bembridge	Template:Dts
339	Template:Dts			London	Template:Dts
340	Template:Dts			Medina	Template:Dts
341	Template:Dts			Parkhurst	Template:Dts
342	Template:Dts			St Lawrence	Template:Dts
343	Template:Dts			Wilmington	Template:Dts
344	Template:Dts			Hurstmonceux	Template:Dts
345	Template:Dts			Plumpton	Template:Dts
346	Template:Dts			Alfriston	Template:Dts
347	Template:Dts			Dallington	Template:Dts
348	Template:Dts			Lullington	Template:Dts
349	Template:Dts			Albany	Template:Dts
350	Template:Dts			Southbourne	Template:Dts

External links

• [1] Southern E-Group