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daveinstoke
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what engine is this .

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what is the engine in the pic ?
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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.

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I think you are right. There is very little information regarding the picture though, other that it was taken in the 30's.
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It's a Southern "River" class, photographed after the derailment at Sevenoaks on 24th August 1927.
So - did anyone dare tell Stephenson, "It's not Rocket science"?
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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?

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