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what engine is this .
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 6:46 pm
by daveinstoke
what is the engine in the pic ?
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 6:54 pm
by richard
I think you've found an L2:
http://www.lner.info/locos/L/l2.shtml
Built by Hally using parts designed by Maunsell, for the Metropolitan Railway as Class K 2-6-4T.
Note the front pony truck has become detached.
Richard
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 7:07 pm
by daveinstoke
I think you are right. There is very little information regarding the picture though, other that it was taken in the 30's.
Dave.
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:01 pm
by Bullhead
It's a Southern "River" class, photographed after the derailment at Sevenoaks on 24th August 1927.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 1:11 am
by richard
The infamous crash at Sevenoaks would make sense considering the locomotive's errr position. Were there any visible differences between the original Maunsells and the L2s?
Richard