LT&SR 1 Class

The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway 1 class was a class of 4-4-2T suburban tank engines, the first locomotives the company owned and the first 4-4-2T locomotives to operate in Britain. Thirty-six were built between 1880 and 1892 by Sharp, Stewart and Company and Nasmyth, Wilson and Company. Until 3 July 1880 the Great Eastern Railway had run all its services under contract, and an injunction stopped it building engines for the company, so William Adams supervised a new design officially ascribed to Thomas Whitelegg. Based on his 46 class 4-4-0T, with 6 ft 1 in driving wheels and an extended bunker, they worked commuter services from Fenchurch Street to Upminster, Southend and Tilbury, and the last was scrapped in 1936.