London & South Western Railway – A1 0-6-0T No. 735 (68 ‘Clapham’, 668 ‘Clapham’ & E735) taken at Eastleigh Works c1919. © David P Williams Archive / Rail-Online.

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.

 

A1 (Terrier) Class 0-6-0T No. 735 (68 ‘Clapham’, 668 ‘Clapham’ & E735) designed by William Stroudley, built in 1874 at Brighton Works.

 

No. 68 ‘Clapham’ in 1903 it was sold for £500 to the London & South Western Railway (L&SWR) to operate the new Lyme Regis branch from the beginning; the branch permanent way was very light and had a permissible axle load was limited to 12 tons. The locomotives used at first were No’s. 734 and 735, Terrier (A1) class 0-6-0T engines. However, they were not entirely successful due to their limited power. No. 735 went to Southern Railway on Grouping in 1923 under E735 and ended up working at Ashford where it was withdrawn in December 1936, scrapped at Ashford Works 1937

 

© David P Williams Archive / Rail-Online - taken at Eastleigh Works c1919.

 

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