LB&SCR I1 Class

The LB&SCR I1 class was a class of 4-4-2 steam tank locomotives designed by D. E. Marsh for suburban passenger service on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.
This class was intended to haul secondary passenger trains, especially in the south London suburbs, and twenty locomotives were constructed by Brighton works between June 1906 and December 1907. The locomotives proved to be reliable but with disappointing performance in their original form, being poor steamers, but all of them passed to the Southern Railway in 1923. They reportedly gained the nickname "Wankers" due to the aforementioned steaming issues/due to them having some steaming issues.
== I1X class ==
Between 1925 and 1932 they were rebuilt by Sir Richard Maunsell with spare boilers left over after the rebuilding of the B4 and I3 classes. The rebuilt engines were redesignated as the "I1x class", and these new larger boilers greatly improved their performance.
== Withdrawal ==
Two worn-out members of the class were withdrawn by the Southern Railway in 1944 and 1946 respectively, but the remainder survived into British Railways (BR) ownership in 1948, although all had been withdrawn by July 1951 and none have been preserved.
== Numbering ==
The first ten were numbered 595-604 and the second ten were numbered 1-10. The Southern Railway initially added a "B" prefix to these numbers and later renumbered them 2595-2604 and 2001-2010. BR added 30000 to the numbers but it is believed that only 32005 actually carried its number.
Category:4-4-2T steam locomotives
Category:4-4-2T locomotives
Category:Tank locomotives
Category:Brighton Works locomotives
Category:LB&SCR locomotives
Category:Passenger locomotives
Category:4-4-2 steam locomotives
Category:4-4-2 locomotives
Category:Built in 1906
Category:Built in 1907
Category:Steam locomotives
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Category:4 foot 8 1⁄2 inch gauge
Category:Standard gauge locomotives
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