30541 Southern Railway 'Q' Class
Visiting Southern Railway 'Q' Class No. 30541 emerges from the 440 metre long Bewdley Tunnel during Severn Valley Railway’s autumn steam gala on 19th September 2019.
The Q class was the last of Richard Maunsell’s loco designs. The intention was to produce a simple replacement for some of the elderly locos that were being used for light goods/mixed traffic work. They had a steam reverser, which made shunting a lot easier than on many other locos. Only 20 were built between 1938/39 and No. 30541, built in 1939, is the sole survivor.
30541 Southern Railway 'Q' Class
Visiting Southern Railway 'Q' Class No. 30541 emerges from the 440 metre long Bewdley Tunnel during Severn Valley Railway’s autumn steam gala on 19th September 2019.
The Q class was the last of Richard Maunsell’s loco designs. The intention was to produce a simple replacement for some of the elderly locos that were being used for light goods/mixed traffic work. They had a steam reverser, which made shunting a lot easier than on many other locos. Only 20 were built between 1938/39 and No. 30541, built in 1939, is the sole survivor.