The SR Q1 class is a type of austerity steam locomotive constructed during the Second World War. The class was designed by Oliver Bulleid for use on the intensive freight turns …

The Pennsylvania Railroad class Q1, #6130, was a single experimental steam locomotive designed for dual service. The locomotive entered service in 1942, and retired in 1949 after …

The Q1's greatest weakness was its restricted braking power on unfitted goods trains and it is this that prevented further batches being built after the war. It was built as an "Austerity" design to …

The Q1 class was built in 1942 in response to this need and they were the most powerful 0-6-0 locomotives to run in Britain. They also had the dubious reputation of being just about the …

The Southern Railway Class Q1 is a type of steam locomotive, and represents the ultimate development of the British 0-6-0 freight engine. In late 1939 the Southern Railway, until then …

The Q Class is a type of 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed by Richard Maunsell of the Southern Railway and constructed immediately prior to the Second World War for use on medium …

The SR Q1 Class Bulleid is a type of 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed by Oliver Bulleid for use during wartime on the Southern Railway network. They were built in 1942 by the Brighton …

Bulleid's Southern Railway Q1 was a great success, ably fulfilling it's role as a powerful freight engine, and remains both the last class of 0-6-0 main line steam locomotives built in Britain, …

By 1903 Wainwright's new boilers for his H class were in production and a start was made on reboilering some of the Qs with the new design of boiler to become the Q1 class. Eventually …

It represents the final version of the goods 0-6-0 development on the Southern Railway (and for that matter, in the world) which can be traced through the examples preserved on the Bluebell …