LB&SCR E6 class

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway E6 class was a class of 0-6-2T side tank steam locomotive designed by Robert Billinton. They were introduced in 1904 and were a development of the E5 class with smaller driving wheels intended for heavy short and medium-distance freight trains.
==History==
The E3 class radial tanks were useful on all but the heaviest freight trains in the congested London area, which required rapid acceleration from signals in order to avoid holding up other traffic. Robert Billinton therefore produced a version of his successful E5 passenger tank class with smaller driving wheels for this purpose. Twelve locomotives were built by Brighton Works between December 1904 and December 1905. The last two locomotives were originally intended to be built as 0-8-0s for heavy shunting purposes but Billinton died in November 1904 before any were built and the order was subsequently changed by his successor D. E. Marsh.
The E6s were successful goods locomotives, but in 1911 two examples were rebuilt with the larger C3 class boiler and a C2X class smokebox and were re-classified E6X. These two locomotives proved to be very powerful, but used significantly more fuel and no more examples were rebuilt.
All of the class survived the transfer to Southern Railway ownership in 1923, and British Railways ownership in 1948. Withdrawal commenced in September 1957 and was completed by December 1962. No examples have been preserved.
==Numbering==
British Railways (BR) numbers were 32407-32418. The E6X locomotives were 32407 and 32411.
==Rolling stock==
Image	LB&SCR No.	Name 	1st SR No.	2nd SR No.	BR No.	Build date	Status	Notes
 	407 	Worplesdon	B407 	2407 	32407 	1904 	 	rebuilt with a larger C3 class boiler and a C2X class smokebox.
 	408 	Binderton 	B408 	2408 	32408 	1904 	 	
 	409 	Graffham 	B409 	2409 	32409 	1904 	 	
 	410 	Chilgrove 	B410 	2410 	32410 	1905 	 	
 	411 	Blackheath	B411 	2411 	32411 	1905 	 	rebuilt with a larger C3 class boiler and a C2X class smokebox.
 	412 	Tandridge 	B412 	2412 	32412 	1905 	 	
 	413 	Fenchurch 	B413 	2413 	32413 	1905 	 	
 	414 	Piccadilly	B414 	2414 	32414 	1905 	 	
 	415 	- 	B415 	2415 	32415 	1905 	 	
 	416 	- 	B416 	2416 	32416 	1905 	 	
 	417 	- 	B417 	2417 	32417 	1905 	 	
 	418 	- 	B418 	2418 	32418 	1905 	 	
==Gallery==
File:Norwood Junction geograph-2639101-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|32413 at Norwood Junction 1958
== External links==
*E6 Class (SEMG gallery)
*E6
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