The London and South Western Railway T1 class was a class of fifty 0-4-4T steam tank locomotives designed for suburban passenger work by William Adams and built between 1888 and 1896.
History
The class were numbered 1–20, 61–80 and 358–367. In typical London and South Western Railway fashion, they reused the numbers of retired or duplicated engines. The class remained largely intact until the 1930s, being scheduled to be withdrawn by 1940, however due to the Second World War a few remained in traffic (around eight examples) until the early British Railways years, the final one (30007) being withdrawn in May 1951.
OrderYearQuantityLSWR numbersNotes T1 1888 10 61–70 D2 1889 10 71–80 F6 1894 10 1–10 S6 1895 10 11–20 A7 1896 10 358–367
Possible Revival No complete T1 locomotives were saved for preservation, however, a boiler and smokebox from a withdrawn locomotive was found in a factory in Essex back in the 1980s along with 2 GNR Class C1 (large boiler) boilers and 1 GER Class Y14 boiler and was subsequently purchased for use on a 'new' T1 locomotive. Since September 2004, this boiler has been stored on the Avon Valley Railway.
+Table of withdrawals Year Quantity inservice atstart of year Quantitywithdrawn Locomotive numbers 1931 50 3 67–69 1932 47 3 62, 66, 77 1933 44 8 12, 14, 63, 64, 72, 76, 78, 79 1934 36 3 65, 70, 74 1935 33 2 18, 75 1936 31 3 71, 73, 80 1937 28 1 19 1938 27 1 365 1939 26 1 362 1943 25 1 359 1944 24 5 11, 15, 358, 360, 364 1945 19 1 17 1946 18 2 4, 16 1947 16 1 6 1948 15 5 30003, 30009, 30010, 30363, 30366 1949 10 5 30001, 30002, 30008, 30013, 30361 1950 5 1 30005 1951 4 4 30007, 30020, 30061, 30367
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