0-4-2 Class B1 "Gladstone" LBSCR Profile and Models

0-4-2 Class B1 "Gladstone" LBSCR

214 'Gladstone' at the National Railway Museum, York in June 2003. ©Gary Todd

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway B1 Class is a class of 0-4-2 express passenger steam locomotives, known from the name of the first, No. 214, as the "Gladstones". They were the last express passenger design of William Stroudley, and were a larger and improved version of his Richmond class of 1878. Thirty-six locomotives were turned out from Brighton railway works between 1882 and 1891, and were used for the heaviest London to Brighton express trains. All were named after politicians, men associated with the railway, or places served by the railway. In 1889 No.189 Edward Blount was exhibited at the 1889 Paris Exhibition and received a gold medal. The first of the class, 214 Gladstone, was preserved as a static exhibit thanks to the efforts of the Stephenson Locomotive Society and is normally on display in the National Railway Museum, York.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

Brighton Works

Build Date

1882 to 1891

Total Built

36

Tractive Effort

14,155 lbf

Wheel Configuration

0-4-2

Operated By

London, Brighton & South Coast Railway
Southern Railway

Main Duties

Express Passenger services

In Service Until

1933

Surviving Examples

1