4-6-0 Class H15 LSWR Profile and Models

4-6-0 Class H15 LSWR

483. Official works photo. January 1914. ©Public Domain

The LSWR/SR H15 class was a class of 2-cylinder 4-6-0 steam locomotives designed by Robert Urie for mixed-traffic duties on the LSWR. Further batches were constructed by Richard Maunsell for the SR. They were given the nickname of "Junior King Arthur" due to the size of their driving wheels. The H15 class represented Robert Urie's first design for the LSWR. It was created in response to a desperate lack of adequate locomotives in service on the LSWR that could be utilised for heavy freight duties. General overhauls revealed that they were very well built. During their careers they were used on fast, heavy freights, and were particularly familiar around Okehampton hauling stone trains. All members of the class had been withdrawn by 1961 as a result of the BR 1955 Modernisation Plan, and no locomotives survived into preservation.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

Eastleigh Works

Build Date

1914 to 1925

Total Built

26

Tractive Effort

26,240 lbf

Wheel Configuration

4-6-0

Operated By

London & South Western Railway
Southern Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Mixed Traffic

In Service Until

1961

Surviving Examples

0

 

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