The B4 class were 4-4-0 steam locomotives for express passenger work on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. They were designed by R. J. Billinton and were either built at Brighton works 1899–1902 or else by Messrs Sharp, Stewart and Company in 1901.

2018年6月13日 · See Railway Company Abbreviations for the prefixes used to the locomotive numbers. No prefix means that the locomotive was running on the LB&SCR railway at that time. Note dates are generally in ISO 8601 format (yyyy-mm-dd, yyyy-mm, ranges of dates are denoted by "/": yyyy-mm/yyyy-mm).

The LBSC was better than the other Southern Companies in keeping locomotive classes more or less in consecutive numbers, but they could issue these numbers somewhat randomly! The B4 class was one of the better-ordered ones!

See also "LBSCR B4 / B4x Class 4-4-0" on Southern E-Group's website at [], last accessed 8 June 2021. The 2-6-0 was "an entirely new type" for the LB&SC that was developed by Colonel Lawson B Billinton just before World War I to handle fast freight service from the Continent, this design was built in several batches (See Locobase 2745 ).

The B4 class were 4-4-0 steam locomotives for express passenger work on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. They were designed by R. J. Billinton and were either built at Brighton works 1899–1902 or else by Messrs Sharp, Stewart and Company in 1901.

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR (known also as the Brighton line, the Brighton Railway or the Brighton)) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Its territory formed a rough triangle, with London at its apex, practically the whole coastline of Sussex as its base, covering a large part of Surrey.

2014年5月10日 · 239. LBSC 261. The LB&SCR D1 class were powerful 0-4-2 suburban passenger tank locomotives, designed by William Stroudley in 1873. They were originally known as "D-tanks" but later reclassified as class D1.

The Brighton 4-4-0’s were successful machines, and as I understand it, the B4X-class holds the current record for the fastest Victoria-Brighton journey overall. The inclusion of a B4 on Brighton Trafalgar would cement the era and provide a characterful addition to the locomotive roster.

This fine London Brighton & South Coast Railway 4-4-0 Class B4 express passenger locomotive was built in 5” gauge by Lionel Woodhead and completed in 1987 with some help from grandson, Giles, who is now the owner.

2021年1月21日 · Hi guys, I recently found out that some 7 B4's made it to BR, although not all of them in revenue earning traffic. LRM do a 4mm kit of the B4 in it's original condition, and i'm looking for some information on how they were modified, by …