Repton
Repton
By 1928 the Southern Railway was well served by large 4-6-0 express passenger locomotives, but there was an urgent need for a class to fulfill intermediate roles throughout the system. Maunsell’s previous attempt at developing his predecessor’s L class for this task had proven a disappointment, and the Drummond D15 and L12 classes were approaching the end of their useful lives on these services. An entirely new secondary express passenger locomotive was required to operate over the main lines throughout the system including those that had relatively short turntables.
David Hollingworth
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- Steam Locomotive; Repton; 4 - 6 -0; Ex SR; Schools Class; Passenger Express; NYMR; Heritage Railway; Living Museum; Grosmont Station; Grosmont; Nr. Whitby; Redcar & Cleveland; England
- Repton
- 4 - 6 - 0 Schools Class
- Ex Southern Region
- Passenger Express
- NYMR
- Heritage Railway
- Living Museum
- Grosmont Station
- Nr Whitby