The LSWR 415 class is a 4-4-2T steam tank locomotive, with the trailing wheels forming the basis of its "Radial Tank" moniker. It was designed by William Adams and introduced in 1882 for service on th
415 class No. 30583 at Tipton St Johns in 1953, while on a railtour.
A1 Class "Terrier" Stepney and William Adams LSWR 415 Class "Radial tank" double head a train on the Bluebell Railway
No. 488 at Sheffield Park on the Bluebell Railway 25 October 1975.
William Adams was an English railway engineer. He was the Locomotive Superintendent of the North London Railway from 1858 to 1873; the Great Eastern Railway from 1873 until 1878 and the London and Sou
from The Locomotive magazine, 1911