BR Standard Class 2 2-6-0

The BR Standard Class 2 2-6-0 is a class of 65 steam locomotives, one of the British Railways Standard classes of the 1950s and physically the smallest of them. The design was derived from the Ivatt-designed LMS Class 2 2-6-0, with a reduced cab so it could fit the universal loading gauge, a taller chimney and standard fittings, and a tender cab for crew protection when running tender first. Darlington Works built the entire fleet, the last, number 78064, completing in 1956. With a low axle loading and a route availability of 3 they could work lightly laid secondary lines, and crews knew them as sure-footed. The class stayed intact for just seven years, and four members have been preserved.