R1 Class 0-6-0T 1339 at Ashford before 1951
The SER R1 class was a class of 0-6-0T locomotives on the South Eastern Railway In 1887 it was decided to introduce a class of 0-6-0T locomotives specifically for shunting and for hauling local goods trains. The R class locomotives were designed by James Stirling as a new class, and 25 were built at Ashford Works between 1888 and 1898 Between 1910 and 1922, 13 of the SER R class 0-6-0T were rebuilt by the SECR with Wainwright-design domed boilers of the same type as were used on the SECR H class 0-4-4T These rebuilds were classified R1. Of the 13 R1 class rebuilds, one was withdrawn in 1949, two in 1955, three in 1958 and five in 1959; after August 1959, only nos. 31047 and 31337 were left, and these were withdrawn in March and February 1960 respectively
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Location: Asford, Kent
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Keywords: 0-6-0t, 1339, ashford, class, locomotive, r1, railway, ser, southern, sr, steam
