Urie/Maunsell S15 class 4-6-0

The modified design provided an excellent goods engine and they were best known for working heavy night express goods trains between Exeter and Nine Elms and Southampton and Nine Elms. They were also adaptable and were capable of putting up a creditable performance when pressed into passenger service during peak holiday periods. They outlived the King Arthur class, first withdrawals were in 1962 and the final members of the class were still in regular service in 1965. The last withdrawal, 30837, was in 1966. This had officially been withdrawn in 1965 but was retained to work an enthusiasts' special. Two Urie and five Maunsell S15s have survived into preservation.

Urie S15 4-6-0 Nº30512 with the LCGB "The Hayling Farewell Rail Tour" of 3rd November 1963, photographed at Alton.

photograph: Mike Morant collection

It was not unusual to see predominantly freight locomotives working passenger services on the South Western main line. Here S15 Nº30838 is seen heading west through Raynes Park with a train of Bulleid coaching stock on a service from Waterloo to Southampton Terminus on 26th September 1964.

photograph by Keith Harwood

Nº30844 at Feltham with
Standard 4 Tank Nº80137 in front
and an unidentified class 24 in the background.

photograph by Keith Harwood

Nº30842, one of the Maunsell-built engines,
16th May 1965.

photograph by Ray Soper

Nº30839 at Queens Road, Battersea on 21st September 1965.

photograph by Ray Soper

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