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The LB&SCR I1 class was a class of 4-4-2 steam tank locomotives designed by D. E. Marsh for suburban passenger service on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.
This class was intended to haul secondary passenger trains, [1] especially in the south London suburbs, and twenty locomotives were constructed by Brighton works between June 1906 and December 1907. [1] The locomotives proved to be reliable but with disappointing performance in their original form, being poor steamers, [2] but all of them passed to the Southern Railway in 1923. [3] They reportedly gained the nickname "Wankers" due to the aforementioned steaming issues, but were also known as 'Wealden Tanks'. [4]
Between 1925 and 1932 they were rebuilt by Richard Maunsell with spare boilers left over after the rebuilding of the B4 and I3 classes. [5] The rebuilt engines were designated I1x class, [3] and these new larger boilers greatly improved their performance.
Two worn-out members of the class were withdrawn by the Southern Railway in 1944 and 1946 respectively, but the remainder survived into British Railways (BR) ownership in 1948, although all had been withdrawn by July 1951 and none have been preserved. [6]
The first ten were numbered 595–604 and the second ten were numbered 1–10. [1] The Southern Railway initially added a "B" prefix to these numbers and later renumbered them 2595–2604 and 2001–2010. BR added 30000 to the numbers but it is believed that only 32005 actually carried its number. [6]
| LBSC No. | 1st SR No. | 2nd SR No. | BR No. | Date Built | Date Rebuilt | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B1 | 2001 | 32001 | June 1907 | December 1931 | July 1948 |
| 2 | B2 | 2002 | 32002 | July 1907 | May 1931 | July 1951 |
| 3 | B3 | 2003 | 32003 | July 1907 | September 1931 | July 1948 |
| 4 | B4 | 2004 | 32004 | June 1907 | January 1932 | November 1948 |
| 5 | B5 | 2005 | 32005 | August 1907 | August 1931 | June 1951 |
| 6 | B6 | 2006 | 32006 | September 1907 | February 1932 | September 1948 |
| 7 | B7 | 2007 | 32007 | October 1907 | October 1931 | September 1948 |
| 8 | B8 | 2008 | 32008 | October 1907 | February 1931 | June 1951 |
| 9 | B9 | 2009 | 32009 | November 1907 | December 1929 | April 1951 |
| 10 | B10 | 2010 | 32010 | December 1907 | October 1929 | September 1948 |
| 595 | B595 | 2595 | 32595 | September 1906 | January 1927 | June 1951 |
| 596 | B596 | 2596 | 32596 | November 1906 | July 1925 | June 1951 |
| 597 | B597 | 2597 | – | December 1906 | May 1928 | December 1946 |
| 598 | B598 | 2598 | 32598 | January 1907 | November 1925 | September 1948 |
| 599 | B599 | 2599 | 32599 | February 1907 | October 1928 | September 1948 |
| 600 | B600 | 2600 | – | March 1907 | May 1927 | October 1944 |
| 601 | B601 | 2601 | 32601 | April 1907 | February 1928 | January 1948 |
| 602 | B602 | 2602 | 32602 | April 1907 | December 1926 | June 1951 |
| 603 | B603 | 2603 | 32603 | June 1907 | August 1928 | April 1951 |
| 604 | B604 | 2604 | 32604 | April 1907 | August 1927 | September 1948 |
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