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LB&SCR Billinton L Class 'Brighton Baltics' Tank engines + rebuilt as Maunsell N15X 4-6-0

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    LB&SCR Billinton L Class 'Brighton Baltics' Tank engines + rebuilt as Maunsell N15X 4-6-0 Remembrance class


    The LB&SCR L Class was a class of 4-6-4 steam tank locomotives designed by L. B. Billinton for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. They were known as the "Brighton Baltics", Baltic being the European name for the 4-6-4 wheel arrangement. Seven examples were built between April 1914 and April 1922 and they were used for express passenger services

    As the locomotives were still relatively new and performing well, Maunsell decided to rebuild them for use on express trains on the Western section of Southern Railway. Between December 1934 and February 1936 all seven members of the class were rebuilt as 4-6-0 tender locomotives,


    Pt 1 features the Baltic Tanks


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    The SR N15X class or Remembrance class were a design of British 4-6-0 steam locomotives converted in 1934 by Richard Maunsell of the Southern Railway from the large LB&SCR L class 4-6-4 tank locomotives that had become redundant on the London–Brighton line following electrification.[2] It was hoped that further service could be obtained from these locomotives on the Southern's Western Section, sharing the duties of the N15 class locomotives. The locomotives were named after famous Victorian engineers except for Remembrance, which was the LBSCR's memorial locomotive for staff members who died in the First World War.
    In their new form the locomotives were similar in outline to the N15 class, though suffered from the expectation amongst crews that they were an improved version of this type. Despite this, their ability to accelerate well was put to good use on cross-country trains between main lines. The class saw service into nationalisation in 1948. All had been withdrawn by 1957, with none preserved
    The rebuilding caused a certain amount of controversy among footplate crews, with some maintaining that one could not make so many changes and have a reliable locomotive at the end of the process. The class suffered on the South Western section from the expectation that they were an improved version of the N15 "King Arthur" class. Once this misconception was overcome, the class came into their own on the Basingstoke services, where their ability to accelerate well was put to good use. However, the rebuilds gained a reputation for rough–riding and relatively poor efficiency when compared to the N15s, and were dissimilar in performance to the original L class locomotives, making them unpopular with crews. Because of this, the class was used on secondary duties, cross–country and inter–regional trains around Basingstoke rather than the heavy London to Exeter expresses for which they were intended.
    Several of the class were loaned to the Great Western Railway between 1942 and 1944 to assist in bolstering freight power, of which there was an acute shortage on that railway during the Second World War.[3] The class saw use after nationalisation in 1948, though with increasing numbers of Bulleid Pacifics able to take over their duties, the Remembrance class began to be withdrawn from service during the mid-1950s, starting with Hackworth in 1955, and finally Beattie in 1957.
    Two of the locomotives retained their original names: number 2333 Remembrance and 2329 Stephenson, whilst the other members of the L class, were newly new named after famous railway engineers. The new locomotive names were suggested by Maunsell's assistant, Harry Holcroft, and were distributed as thus:
    2327 Trevithick, 2328 Hackworth, 2329 Stephenson, 2330 Cudworth, 2331 Beattie, 2332 Stroudley, 2333 Remembrance
    2333 Remembrance retained its name as it had been the LBSCR's designated memorial to employees lost in the First World War. However the original LBSCR nameplates were straight for water tank mounting, necessitating new rounded plates to fit over the central wheel splashers

    S.R. Era start here

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    B.R. era start here

    32327
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/SRSteam/Maunsell-Locomotives/Maunsell-Tender-Locomotives/Richard-Maunsell-N15X-class-re/N15X-rebuilds/i-KwGH6nj

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    LB&SCR Billinton L Class 'Brighton Baltics' Tank engines + rebuilt as Maunsell N15X 4-6-0 Remembrance class

    The LB&SCR L Class was a class of 4-6-4 steam tank locomotives designed by L. B. Billinton for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. They were known as the "Brighton Baltics", Baltic being the European name for the 4-6-4 wheel arrangement. Seven examples were built between April 1914 and April 1922 and they were used for express passenger services

    As the locomotives were still relatively new and performing well, Maunsell decided to rebuild them for use on express trains on the Western section of Southern Railway. Between December 1934 and February 1936 all seven members of the class were rebuilt as 4-6-0 tender locomotives,

    Pt 1 features the Baltic Tanks
    327 Charles C. Macrae unknown location L.B. Billinton LB&SCR L class 'Brighton Baltic Tanks'
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    328 unknown location, a few Pullman cars in formation L.B. Billinton LB&SCR L class 'Brighton Baltic Tanks'
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