LB&SCR H1 class
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The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway H1 class was a class of 4-4-2 steam locomotives for express passenger work. They were designed by D. E. Marsh and were built by Messrs Kitson and Company i
Official photograph of No.37 shortly after delivery in 1905.
Diagram showing leading dimensions
No. 38 as running in 1907
SR Leader class
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The Leader was a class of experimental 0-6-0+0-6-0T steam locomotive, produced in the United Kingdom to the design of the innovative engineer Oliver Bulleid. The Leader was an attempt to extend the li
LB&SCR H1 class
…withdrawn in 1944. In July 1947, No. 2039 was experimentally rebuilt with sleeve valves by Oliver Bulleid as a mobile test bed in preparation for his Leader class locomotives. It was never returned to its original state and in common with the remainder of the class had been withdrawn by 1951. All members of the…
Leader locomotive 36001 with test train at Oxted
Works diagram of the Leader
The Leader boiler and firebox, showing the offset firehole door position (dotted). Also visible are two of the four thermic siphons.
The Leader being lifted onto its power bogies at Brighton, May 1949. The casing allowed the locomotive to be put through a carriage-washing plant.