LT&SR 69 Class

The LT&SR 69 class was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotives designed for freight work on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. Six were initially built in 1903 to the design of Thomas Whitelegg, four more followed in 1908, and a further four in 1912, after the LT&SR's takeover by the Midland Railway (MR) in that year, giving a total of 14. The Midland renumbered them 2180-93, and all entered LMS stock upon the grouping of 1923. The LMS renumbered them 2220-33 in 1923, but then took them back to 2180-93 in 1939. In 1947 they were again renumbered 1980-93 by the LMS, and in 1948 all were acquired by British Railways. BR added 40000 to their numbers so they became 41980-93. Withdrawals started in 1958, and by 1959 all but 41981 had gone. The last engine was withdrawn in 1962. None was preserved.

List of locomotives

References

• Casserley, H.C.; S.W. Johnston (1974) [1966]. Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London Midland and Scottish Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Limited. p. 42. ISBN 0-7110-0554-0. 
• Bob Essery The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway and its Locomotives, OPC (2001) ISBN 0-86093-561-2
• Bob Essery and David Jenkinson An Illustrated History of LMS locomotives. Volume 4. Absorbed Pre-Group Classes Midland Division ISBN 0-947971-16-5

External links

• A photo of 73 Cranham is about a fifth of the way down this page

London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Stations Forest Gate Junction to Southend Barking Benfleet Dagenham Dock Grays Thurrock Horndon Leigh Low Street Pitsea Purfleet Rainham Southend Tilbury Dock Tilbury Fort Westcliff-on-Sea Bow to Barking extension Bromley East Ham Plaistow Upton Park West Ham Barking to Pitsea extension Dagenham East Horndon Gale Street Halt Hornchurch Laindon Upminster Shoeburyness extension Shoeburyness Southend East Thorpe Bay Romford to Grays branch Emerson Park Ockendon Romford Locomotives 1 Class 37 Class 49 Class 51 Class 69 Class 79 Class MR 2100 Class LMS 4P 2-6-4T Relationships Corringham Light Railway District Railway Eastern Counties Railway Great Eastern Railway London and Blackwall Railway Midland Railway North London Railway Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway Absorbed by the Midland Railway in 1912 ►