Stroudley LB&SCR B1 'Gladstone' class

[Neil]

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway B1 Class is a class of 0-4-2 express passenger steam locomotives, known from the name of the first, No. 214, as the "Gladstones".
They were the last express passenger design of William Stroudley, and were a larger and improved version of his Richmond class of 1878. Thirty-six locomotives were turned out from Brighton railway works between 1882 and 1891, and were used for the heaviest London to Brighton express trains. All were named after politicians, men associated with the railway, or places served by the railway. In 1889 No.189 Edward Blount was exhibited at the 1889 Paris Exhibition and received a gold medal.
The locomotives were originally designated "Class B" together with the "Richmond Class" but were later designated B1 class by D.E. Marsh.
During the first decade of the twentieth century the class were gradually replaced by Billinton B4 class locomotives and were transferred to secondary duties. Withdrawal began in April 1910 and by the outbreak of the First World War ten had been scrapped.
The remaining twenty-six locomotives passed to the Southern Railway in 1923, but withdrawals recommenced in 1926 and the last survivor (No. 172) was withdrawn in 1933
The first of the class, 214 Gladstone, was preserved as a static exhibit thanks to the efforts of the Stephenson Locomotive Society and is normally on display in the National Railway Museum, York. Gladstone is the only ex LB&SCR tender locomotive to be preserved




Not sure of the occasion, any ideas anyone?


188 Allen Sarle


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185 George A Wallis



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189 Edward Blount fitted with the Hammond air pre-heater,



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218 Beaconsfield


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Neil

[Nick Leverton]

Post by Neil
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway B1 Class is a class of
0-4-2 express passenger steam locomotives, known from the name of the
first, No. 214, as the "Gladstones".

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Post by Neil
Not sure of the occasion, any ideas anyone?
188 Allen Sarle
<https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/SRSteam/Stoudley-designed-locos/Stroudley-origial-LBSCR-Pre-1922-photos/LBSCR-B1-class/i-Km95pnw>

There is a postcard of 188 Allen Sarle similarly bedecked with flowers
on a Station Masters and Inspectors' staff outing from Victoria to
Eastbourne, here:
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and another (or the same) picture is indexed in "Stroudley Locomotives:
A Pictorial History" as listed on this book site; search down the page
for the loco name:
<http://www.slightlybetterbooks.com/railways-williamstroudley.html>

so it would appear that your pic is of the loco in preparation for this
or a similar excursion. I say "in preparation" as, compared to the
other image, the tender is less decorated in flowers, although that
may just indicate it was a different occasion.

Your picture appears to have been taken on the turntable outside
Eastbourne roundhouse, by the way, comparing to the third image on this
page: <http://www.semgonline.com/steam/g-single_01.html> which shows a
Stroudley Single being prepared for another Station Masters' excursion.


Nick

[Nick Leverton]

Post by Nick Leverton

Post by Neil
188 Allen Sarle
<https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/SRSteam/Stoudley-designed-locos/Stroudley-origial-LBSCR-Pre-1922-photos/LBSCR-B1-class/i-Km95pnw>

There is a postcard of 188 Allen Sarle similarly bedecked with flowers
on a Station Masters and Inspectors' staff outing from Victoria to
<https://www.picclickimg.com/d/w1600/pict/362237313813_/Pamlin-Repro-photo-postcard-Stroudley-Class-B1-No188.jpg>

The heights of loco decor which could be achieved for these staff Mutual Aid
Society trips can be seen in the photo below, with Battersea and New Cross
sheds apparently trying to out-do each other on their visit to Eastbourne:

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linked from <https://thesussexmotivepowerdepots.yolasite.com/eastbourne.php>

Nick