Marsh I2 Class 4-4-2T
photograph: Dave Searle collection Nº15 in LB&SCR livery on Royal train. |
| Marsh followed up his not-at-all-successful I1 class of 1906 with another lack-lustre product, the I2 class 4-4-2T in 1907. The first was Nº11, following on sequentially from the last of the I1 numbers, which had very similar dimensions as the twenty predecessors but with a boiler diameter increased from 4' 3" to 4' 6" and an extended smokebox mounted on a saddle. The performance of the engines, though, was far below expectations which led to a short life with the first two withdrawn by the Southern Railway in 1933 without any attempt at the re-building which had been so successful with the I1 class. All were withdrawn by 1939, although two, Nº13 withdrawn in 1939 and Nº19 withdrawn in 1937, had a further life after withdrawal when they were placed over running-shed pits at Bournemouth, sand-bagged and used as air raid shelters. Then in 1942 fate smiled more kindly on them and they were purchased by the Government to work passenger trains on the Longmoor Military Railway. First numbered as 2400 and 2401, they became 72400 and 72401 from 1944. |
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Nº19, which went on to have a second lease of life on the Longmoor
Military Railway. Note the clerestoried roof (or louvre-deck) which was not for
letting light in but for ventilation. This was also a feature on the I1, the
I3 and the I4
classes.
photograph: Dave Searle collection |
Technical DetailsIntroduced:Driving Wheel: Trailing Wheel: Weight: Cylinders (2): Boiler Pressure: Water Capacity: Tractive Effort: |
19075 ft 6 ins 4 ft 67 tons (Approx) 17½ in x 26 in 170 lb sq in 2,238 galls 17,430 lbs |
| LBSC Nº | SR Nº # | Built | Withdrawn |
| 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 |
Dec 1907 Mar 1908 Apr 1908 Apr 1908 May 1908 Jun 1908 Jul 1908 Jul 1908 Jul 1908 Aug 1908 |
Jan 1933 Mar 1935 Jan 1939 * Feb 1933 Jan 1936 Sep 1933 Jan 1938 Apr 1936 Nov 1937 * Feb 1936 |
| # Between 1923 and 1928 SR numbers were the LBSC
numbers with the added prefix 'B' * Sold to Longmoor Military Railway as their Nº2400 * Sold to Longmoor Military Railway as their Nº2401 |
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