BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0

Designed at Doncaster and built there and at Horwich, this class of 115 moguls appeared some 19 months after the 75xxx Standard 4 4-6-0 locomotives. Very similar in design, but smaller (despite being longer), they had an axle loading of less than seventeen tons thereby giving them a wide route availability, which made them particularly useful for work on the Southern Region. Being designed with maximum interchangeability with the other BR standard designs facilitated maintenance of these 76xxx locomotives.
The class was widespread around Britain, being found working on all regions except the Western, with the largest allocations being to the Southern and Scottish regions.

76031 on a Permanent Way train on the up slow line just west of Clapham Junction in 1966. This photograph had half a page in Steam Railway just to itself. That made a nice change from the GCR!

photograph by Mike Morant

With a dusty covering of snow on the Surrey Hills in the background, standard class 4 2-6-0 76030 and its train of Maunsell carriages on a train from Reading to Redhill.....

photograph by Keith Harwood

.....approach Dorking Town station on 28 December 1964.

photograph by Keith Harwood

76053 at Wareham, 21 June 1966

photograph by Ray Soper

Technical Details Introduced: Driving Wheel: Pony Wheel: Length: Weight: Water Capacity: Cylinders: Boiler Pressure: Tractive Effort: Coal Capacity: Power Classification: Route Availability:	December 1952 5 ft 3 ins 3 ft 55 ft 10½ ins Loco: 59 tons 2 cwt Tender: 42 tons 3 cwt 3,500 gals 17½ in x 26 in 225 lb sq in 24,170 lb 6 tons 4-MT 4
Locomotives built at Doncaster and Horwich

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BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0

Technical Details