4-4-2T Class 79 LTSR Profile and Models

4-4-2T Class 79 LTSR

80 'Thundersley' at the Bressingham Steam Museum in July 2016. ©Foulger Rail Photos

The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR) 79 Class is a class of 4-4-2T suburban tank engines. They were designed by Thomas Whitelegg, as a development of the earlier 37 Class. They could reach a top speed of 65 mph. The four locomotives ordered by the LTSR were numbered 79–82 and were named after places in Essex, near the LTSR route. After absorption by the Midland Railway in 1912, they were renumbered 2176–2179 and their names were removed. The Midland gave them the power classification 3P, and later continued construction; an order for 10 locomotives was delivered in 1923, just after grouping. In addition to those constructed by the LTSR and MR, 35 were delivered to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) – ten in 1923, five in 1925, ten in 1927, and a final 10 in 1930. They were later displaced from the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway and found work on ex-Midland lines in the East Midlands. One, 80 Thundersley has been preserved and is on static display at the Bressingham Steam Museum in Norfolk.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

Robert, Stephenson & Co
Nasmyth, Wilson & Co
Derby Works

Build Date

1909 to 1930

Total Built

39

Tractive Effort

17,390 lbf

Wheel Configuration

4-4-2T

Operated By

London, Tilbury & Southend Railway
Midland Railway
London, Midland & Scottish Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Suburban Passenger

In Service Until

1960

Surviving Examples

1