LBSCR E6/E6x Class
photograph: Mike Morant collection E6 class Nº410 is seen here at an unknown location during LBSCR days. |
| RJ Billinton's class E6 0-6-2 radial tank engine was
introduced the month after his death on 7 November 1904. Very similar to his E5
class, they differed in having the steamchest under the cylinders, which were
increased from 17½ ins to 18 ins in diameter and were fitted with
outside brake rods. The intention was to build the last two locomotives as
0-8-0 tanks for use at Willow Walk and Brighton Lower Yard but this plan was
changed, most probably due to opposition from the Civil Engineer! Nº414
Piccadilly saw the end of the habit of naming Brighton locomotives, from
415 onwards they just carried numbers with a few exceptions, such as H1
Atlantic La France. In 1911 407 and 411 were rebuilt with longer boiler and smokebox, the latter sitting on a saddle, and re-classified E6x in line with standard Brighton practice. All survived to see British Railways service, having spent their long careers shunting and working local goods traffic. |
| E6x class Nº2411 photographed in later Southern Railway
days. The extended boiler and smokebox, the latter on a saddle, are noticeably
different from the E6 locos in the other photos on this page.
photograph: Mike Morant collection |
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E6 class Nº32415 photographed at Brighton during August 1950.
photograph: Mike Morant collection |
| E6 class Nº32416 photographed at Ashford works during the
early 1960s.
photograph by John Roffey |
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E6 class Nº32408 photographed in later British Railways
livery.
photograph: Mike Morant collection |
Technical Details
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| LBSC Nº | SR Nº # | BR Nº | Name | Built | Withdrawn |
| 407* 408 409 410 411* 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 |
2407 2408 2409 2410 2411 2412 2413 2414 2415 2416 2417 2418 |
32407 32408 32409 32410 32411 32412 32413 32414 32415 32416 32417 32418 |
Worplesdon Binderton Graffham Chilgrove Blackheath Tandridge Fenchurch Piccadilly - - - - |
Dec 1904 Dec 1904 Dec 1904 Mar 1905 May 1905 July 1905 July 1905 Oct 1905 Oct 1905 Nov 1905 Dec 1905 Dec 1905 |
Nov 1957 Dec 1962 Jan 1958 Jun 1961 Feb 1959 Sep 1957 Nov 1958 Jun 1958 Sep 1961 Feb 1962 Dec 1962 Dec 1962 |
| # Between 1923 and 1928 SR numbers were the LBSC
numbers with the added prefix 'B' * converted to class E6x in 1911 |
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