LBSCR class H1 and H2 "Atlantic" 4-4-2
| In 1911, the last year of Marsh's reign at Brighton, there was a need for further large express engines so five more Atlantics were built. These 'H2' class locomotives were very similar to the 'H1' class but were superheated and had larger cylinders with the boiler pressure reduced to 170 lb sq in. The footplates were less undulatory with the raised section covering the whole area from the cylinders to the driving wheels. |
| H2 class Nº421 in photographic grey and sporting the
LB&SCR livery. The difference in the footplates is all too obvious between
this photograph and those above.
photograph: Dave Searle collection |
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Nº425 in the later LBSC guise. Note the use of lamps rather
than discs in this photograph.
photograph: Dave Searle collection |
| Marsh had plans for another locomotive to be built as a four cylinder engine, but in the event Lawson Billinton built it in 1912 as a sixth 'H2' class. |
| Class H2 Nº424 Beachy Head on a Pullman working
in LB&SCR days.
photograph: Mike Morant collection |
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This page was updated 4 June 2004
