0-6-2T Class E4 Brighton LBSCR Profile and Models

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway E4 Class is a class of 0-6-2T side tank steam locomotive designed by Robert Billinton. They were introduced in 1897 and were essentially a larger version of the E3 Class. The E4 class of "radial tanks" were powerful for their size and were stalwarts of local passenger, freight and branch work for more than fifty years. Several were named after towns, villages and geographical features in the LB&SCR area. They were so successful that they were more commonly assigned to passenger trains as opposed to freight work, which is what they were originally intended for. The class continued in regular use following the nationalisation of the Southern Railway as part of British Railways in 1948. However, with the arrival of diesel multiple units and the reduction in the number of branch lines after The Reshaping of British Railways in 1963, the locomotives gradually became surplus to requirements, and withdrawals commenced in 1955. Most of the class were withdrawn between 1958 and 1964.

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