The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway E4 class is a class of 0-6-2T side tank steam locomotive designed by Robert Billinton. They were introduced in 1897 and were essentially a larger version of the E3 Class. The cylinder diameter was reduced from 18 to 17.5 inches (457 to 444 mm) by the Southern Railway.

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).

In the dying days of the Southern Railway a shortage of locomotive power on the Isle of Wight led to a proposal to use some ex-LBSC E4s, and N°2510 was sent over for trials during 1947, but was found to be too large so the plan was abandoned and the loco returned to the mainland.

Seventy-five of the E4 class locomotives were built at Brighton by 1903 and named after towns and villages in the LBSCR’s area. One of the early locos, 469, was named Beachy Head and was the only one not to be named after a village or small town.

The small-wheeled E3 and E6 were aimed at Goods traffic and the larger wheeled E5 were suited to passenger work, but it was the E4, with an intermediate diameter of driving wheels, which was the most flexible and most numerous member of the family.

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway E4 Class is a class of 0-6-2T side tank steam locomotive designed by Robert Billinton. They were introduced in 1897 and were essentially a larger version of the E3 Class. The cylinder diameter …

2023年5月28日 · The Billinton ‘E4’ 0-6-2Ts were introduced in the Victorian era yet their outward appearance is much more modern at first glance. MIKE WILD takes a closer look this Bachmann’s ‘OO’ ready-to-run model.

Class E4 (Locobase 10124) Data from "The Locomotive History of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway," The Locomotive & Railway Carriage & Wagon Review, Vol IV (September 1899), p. 134. So competent were the E3s in passenger service ( Locobase 10123 ) that Billinton revised the design to accept 60" drivers and created a highly versatile ...

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway E4 Class is a class of 0-6-2T side tank steam locomotive designed by Robert Billinton. They were introduced in 1897 and were essentially a larger version of the E3 Class.

2023年5月28日 · LBSCR E4 0-6-2T. The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 'E4' 0-6-2Ts were built between 1897 and 1903 at Brighton Works to a design by RJ Billinton. A total of 75 were completed and they were withdrawn by British Railways between 1955-1963 with one surviving today on the Bluebell Railway.