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Southern Railway – ‘A1X Class’ 0-6-0T No.2653 (53 ‘Ashtead’, 653, B653 & WCPR No. 4) Terrier at Havant Station with a down service to Hayling Island c1936

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 Class 0-6-0T No. 2653 (53 ‘Ashtead, 653, B635, WCP No. 5), designed by William Stroudley, built in 1875 at Brighton Works. Rebuilt to A1X 1912.

 

Sold from Southern Railways to Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Light Railway for £800 in April 1937. Then to GWR in 1940 and BR(W) in 1948. Withdrawn January 1948 and scrapped in 1952 at Swindon Works (BR)

 

Photographer unknown - taken seen Havant Station with a down sevice to Hayling Island c1936.

 

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Uploaded on January 19, 2023
Taken circa 1936