LSWR T6 class

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LSWR T6 class
Southern Railway
ClassT6
Power classSR: I
Withdrawn1933–1943
DispositionAll scrapped

The LSWR T6 class was a class of express passenger 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed for the London and South Western Railway by William Adams. Ten were constructed at Nine Elms Locomotive Works between 1885 and 1886.

The class were numbered 677–686, and were a development of the X2 class, based on experience gained with the locomotives in traffic. The boiler was based on that used in the T3 class, and shared the main dimensions.[1]

Table of locomotive orders
Year Order Quantity LSWR Numbers Notes
1895 T6 10 677–686

All passed to the

Southern Railway at the grouping
in 1923. Withdrawals started in 1933, and by the end of 1937 only two remained. No. 684 went in 1940, and the last, 681 was retired in April 1943. All were scrapped.

Table of withdrawals
Year Quantity in
service at
start of year
Quantity
withdrawn
Locomotive numbers Notes
1933 10 2 677, 683
1936 8 4 678, 682, 685, 686
1937 4 2 679, 680
1940 2 1 684
1943 1 1 681

References

  1. ^ Russell 1991, p. 185.
  • Russell, J. H. (1991). A Pictorial Record of Southern Locomotives. OPC-Haynes. pp. 185–186.