LSWR G6 0-6-0T 30266 steam locomotive (withdrawn 1961) at brighton mpd
The LSWR G6 class was an 0-6-0 tank locomotive designed by William Adams for the London and South Western Railway. Adams LSWR design with subsequent detail alterations by Drummond but retaining Adams type boiler. These engines were very similar in appearance to Stroudley's Class E1 0-6-0 Tanks. They were built for freight and shunting duties and were the 0-6-0 Tank version of his Class O2 passenger tank locomotives. This was a class of 34 very successful locomotives which led unremarkable lives tucked away in goods yards on the former LSWR. Their forays into passenger work were restricted to banking duties between the two main stations at Exeter and even that privilege was withdrawn when they were superseded by the Stroudley E1/R 0-6-2Ts in 1933. The first withdrawal was No. 348 in August 1948, which was the precursor of the mass withdrawal of a further 22 more by the end of 1951. The final survivor was the 64 years old 30238 which, remarkably, hung around until the very end of the 1962 cull of pre-grouping locos and met her demise in December of that year.
Size: 2107px × 1246px
Location: Brighton mpd, Brighton Sussex
Photo credit: © Digbydachshund / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 0-6-0t, 30266, br, brighton, engine, g6, locomotive, lswr, mpd, railway, southern, sr, steam, train
