British Railway (SR) – ‘A1 Class’ 0-6-0T No.DS 680 (’54 Waddon’, 751, A751, BR No.31751, 680S) Terrier at Lancing Carriage Works – c1960

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) A1 Class is an English class of 0-6-0T steam locomotive. Designed by William Stroudley, 50 members of the class were built in 1872 and between 1874 and 1880, all at Brighton Works. The class has received several nicknames, initially being known as "Rooters" by their south London crews. However, the engines were more famously known as "Terriers" on account of the distinctive 'bark' of the exhaust beat.

 

A1X (Terrier) Class 0-6-0T No. 680s (54 ‘Waddon’, 751) designed by William Stroudley, built in 1875 at Brighton Works. This locomotive was given a Marsh A1X boiler but not the extended smokebox and remained classed as A1 although not in its original A1 condition.

 

Sold for £670 to Sheppey Light Railway in September 190 and given the No.751, in 1923 joined the Southern Railway at Grouping and was renumbered A751. Went to Departmental Stock in 1932 and worked at Lancing Carriage Works with the number 680s. It was withdrawn 31 May 1962 and was fully restored at Eastleigh Works before being presented to the Canada Railway Historical Association in 1963. Currently on display at Canada National Railway Museum, Delson, Quebec, Canada.

 

Photographer unknown – taken at Lancing Carriage Works C1960

 

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