SECR N class
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The SECR N class is a type of 2-6-0 steam locomotive designed in 1914 by Richard Maunsell for mixed-traffic duties on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. Built between 1917 and 1934, it was the fir
No. 1412 coupled to a breakdown crane in 1938.
Despite being in Southern Railway ownership, No. 818 still featured the SECR dark grey livery in 1924. Note the "stovepipe" chimney, and the absence of a piston tail-rod on the cylinder front.
An official photograph of Woolwich-built No. 1850, which was fitted with Marshall valve gear for trials in 1934. Note the complex layout of the motion, which disintegrated at speed near Woking. The locomotive was subsequently rebuilt with standard Walschaerts valve gear in April 1934.
The only preserved N class locomotive, No. 31874, painted in early British Railways livery, at Ropley, on the Mid-Hants Railway, April 1978.
SECR N1 class
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The SECR N1 class was a type of 3-cylinder 2-6-0 steam locomotive designed by Richard Maunsell for mixed traffic duties, initially on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, and later operated for the
The N1 class prototype, No. 822 seen here at the SECR's Ashford works in 1922. Smoke deflectors were added during the early 1930s. Note the linkage for Holcroft's inside valve gear, connecting the right-hand combination lever assembly and the inside cylinder