261-5 In colour

This little selection illustrate how The Locomotive Publishing Company made coloured cards which illustrate engine livery, and used these for internal communications. Many are print signed F Moore, a company pseudonym. These are Southern related examples, but there are others from other railway companies.
261. This card of the LB&SCR 4-6-4 tank locomotive was posted 8th Nov 1924. Signed D L Burge, it says that the owner of the (BW) negatives has moved house which has delayed printing. This LPC can be assumed not to own the copyright.

262. Photograph  labelled LB&SCR Victoria Station, acknowledging an order.

263. LSWR Class E14 330 in Drummond days (pre-1911). Not posted. Note the Drummond firebox pipes, removed by Urie who preferred superheaters.

264. LSWR H15 486, posted 16th April 1925. The order acknowledgement indicates that LSWR 330/334 rebuild pictures had been ordered but were not available.

Reverse note by Mr Burge explaining that they had no negatives of the postwar rebuild of LSWR 330 and 334 "rebuilt as 2 cyl. locos" (i.e from E14s  to H15s).

265. Labelled Plymouth Express near Surbiton, LSWR No 148? (so Class L11). Note the Drummond firebox pipes, so pre-1910.

250-260 Ashford engines

250. River Wey Southern A798. K Class River, converted to U Class in 1928. The photos date from 1929.

251. River Torridge Southern A806. K Class River, converted to U Class in 1928.

252. Southern A796, former River Stour, rebuilt as U Class 1928.

 253. Southern A790, former River Avon, rebuilt as U Class 1928.

254. Southern A792  formerly River Arun, rebuilt as U Class 1928.

Southern A834. Maunsell N Class.

255. Southern A895 U1 Class, built 1931.

257. Southern A864, N Class

258. Southern A811, N class (31811 in BR days)

259. Southern A950, Maunsell SR Z Class 0-8-0T, built in Brighton, 1929. Became 30950 in BR days. Note the 11 foot overhangs front and back. A marshalling yard shunting engine made from a Brighton boiler and standard parts.

260. Sister engine Southern A951 Z Class with a new coat of paint. 8 engines were built in the class.

234-249 LBSCR

A group of photographs distributed by O J Morris. The photographic quality is not great (few photographs have straight edges) but I have tried to keep cropping to a minimum and not lose vital features.

234. No. 39 La France, the only named engine of its class (H1) in LBSC days, named during a French state visit in 1913. In Southern days, it was renamed Hartland Point in 1926.

235. J Class no. 325, the huge (Pacific)  tank Abergevenny. Down main, East Croydon.

236. LBSC No 61. B4-A Class, built 1901, originally named John Rennie. The back reads "Up Brighton, Coulsdon"

237. LBSC 321, B2X Class, first built 1896, rebuilt by Marsh. 4-4-0 'Grasshopper'. Original name: John Rennie. Head Code for London Bridge - Brighton via Through (Quarry) Line. Parallel working suggests somewhere between New Cross and Norwood Junction.

238. LBSC 391. The  D3 class was a 0-4-4T tank locomotive design, by Robert J. Billinton, built between 1892 and 1896. They were built for working passenger trains along country and main lines. They were initially known as D Bogies or Bogie Tanks.

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.

240. LBSC 58, B4-A Class.

241. LBSC  78. Class I3 (1910)

242. LBSC 531,C2X class, built 1900.

243. LBSC 106, E2 Class, built 1915.

244. LBSC 415, E6 Class (built 1905)

245. LBSC 678, A1X Class, originally built 1880 as 'Terrier' LBSC 78. Rebuilt 1911 by Marsh.

246. LBSC 113, E1 Class, built 1877

247. LBSC  171, B2X Class, built 1897

248. K Class no. 343, built 1916.

249. C2 or C2X no. 528 (rebuild year 1911)