LB&SCR E3 class

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway E3 Class were 0-6-2T side tank steam locomotives. One prototype was designed by William Stroudley shortly before his death, but was completed by R. J. Billinton, who later built sixteen further locomotives.
== Background ==
In the summer of 1889 Stroudley designed a class of 0-6-2 radial tanks to replace his earlier E1 class 0-6-0T for short-distance goods and shunting duties. One locomotive was under construction at the time of his death in the December of that year. Intermittent progress on this locomotive was made until August 1891 when Stroudley's successor, R. J. Billinton ordered that further work be delayed whilst he made detailed modifications. This prototype locomotive, No. 158 West Brighton, appeared in traffic on 27 October 1891. The new locomotive was originally classified as F class.
Once the teething troubles had been rectified, Billinton ordered a further sixteen locomotives to a broadly similar design but with increased boiler pressure. These were originally classified 'E-special' and entered traffic between November 1894 and December 1895. All were rebuilt with new boilers and extended smokeboxes from 1918 and some had increased boiler pressure.
Both classes were later re-classified as 'E3' by D.E. Marsh, but were often referred to as 'Small Radials'.
The cylinder diameter was later reduced from 18 to 17.5 inches (457 to 444 mm) by the Southern Railway.
== Use ==
The class was found to be useful on the freight and shunting duties for which they were designed, but the small wheels limited their usefulness on suburban passenger duties. As a result, further construction of radial tanks was of the larger wheeled E4 class (known as 'Large Radials) introduced in 1897.
The prototype No. 158 was withdrawn in 1934, but the remainder of the class entered British Railways service in 1948 and were numbered 32165–32170 and 32453–32462. The final E3 was withdrawn in 1959 and none have survived into preservation.
== Technical Details ==
Introduced:
Driving Wheel:
Weight:
Cylinders (2):
Boiler Pressure:
Tractive Effort:
BR Power Classification:	1891
4 ft 6 in
58 tons (Approx)
17½ in x 26 in
* 170 lb sq in
* 21,305 lbs
2-P/2-F
* Initially 160 lb boilers with 20,050 lbs tractive effort.	* Initially 160 lb boilers with 20,050 lbs tractive effort.
== Data ==
Image 	LBSC Nº 	SR Nº 	BR Nº 	Name # 	Built 	Withdrawn
 	158 	2158 	- 	West Brighton 	Oct 1891 	Sep 1934
 	165 	2165 	32165 	Blatchington 	Nov 1894 	Nov 1959
 	166 	2166 	32166 	Cliftonville 	Nov 1894 	Sep 1959
 	167 	2167 	32167 	Saddlescombe 	Dec 1894 	Oct 1955
 	168 	2168 	32168 	Southborough 	Dec 1894 	Jan 1956
 	169 	2169 	32169 	Bedhampton 	Dec 1894 	Jul 1955
 	170 	2170 	32170 	Bishopstone 	Dec 1894 	Jul 1957
 	453 	2453 	32453 	Broadbridge 	Apr 1895 	Jul 1955
 	454 	2454 	32454 	Storrington 	May 1895 	Mar 1958
 	455 	2455 	32455 	Brockhurst 	May 1895 	Mar 1958
 	456 	2456 	32456 	Aldingbourne 	May 1895 	Aug 1959
 	457 	2457 	32457 	Watersfield 	Dec 1895 	May 1949
 	458 	2458 	32458 	Chalvington 	Dec 1895 	Mar 1957
 	459 	2459 	32459 	Warlingham 	Dec 1895 	Jun 1957
 	460 	2460 	32460 	Warminghurst 	Dec 1895 	Mar 1956
 	461 	2461 	32461 	Staplefield 	Dec 1895 	Apr 1957
 	462 	2462 	32462 	Washington 	Dec 1895 	May 1957
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== Gallery ==
File:165-Blatchington-a.jpg|E3.No.165 'Blatchington'
File:166-Cliftonville-c.jpg|E3.No.166 'Cliftonville'
File:167-Saddlescombe-c.jpg|E3.No.167 'Saddlescombe'
File:168-Southborough-a.jpg|E3.No.168 'Southborough'
File:170-Bishopstone-a.jpg|E3.No.168 'Bishopstone'
File:453-Broadbridge-a.jpg|E3.No.453 'Broadbridge'
File:454-Storrington-a.jpg|E3.No.454 'Storrington'
File:455-Brockhurst-a.jpg|E3.No.455 'Brockhurst'
File:456-Aldingbourne-e.jpg|E3.No.456 'Aldingbourne'
File:457-Watersfield-c.jpg|E3.No.457 'Waterfield'
File:458-Chalvington-a.jpg|E3.No.458 'Chalvington'
File:459-Warlingham-b.jpg|E3.No.459 'Warlingham'
File:460-Warminghurst-a.jpg|E3.No.460 'Warminghurst'
File:461-Staplefield-b.jpg|E3.No.461 'Staplefield'
File:462-LB&SCR-a.jpg|E3.No.462
File:New Cross Gate geograph-2686651-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|New Cross Gate geograph-2686651 by Ben Brooksbank
File:Mm 2456.jpg|E3 class Nº2456 at Norwood MPD
File:Mm 2460.jpg|Nº2460 photographed in a cleaner state at Bricklayers Arms MPD
File:Mm 32460.jpg|Now Nº32460, and wearing the early British Railways crest, a rodless Nº2460 is seen here undergoing some attention in the works!
File:No. 2459 at New Cross Gate.jpg|No. 2459 at New Cross Gate
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