Ex-LC&DR R1 0-4-4T in Nine Elms Locomotive Yard, 1947
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Ex-LC&DR R1 0-4-4T in Nine Elms Locomotive Yard, 1947
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 1 Mar 1947
Viewed probably eastward near the turntable, No. 1696 is one of the few Chatham line (pre-1899) locomotives ex-SE&CR remaining on the SR after the Second World War and then for a short time after Nationalization. The Kirtley R1 class, No. 696 being the first in 11/1900, were all built after their designer retired following the 1899 amalgamation with the SER; it duly became No. A696 after Grouping and No. 1696 in 1931, but was withdrawn under BR in 3/51 before receiving a BR number. From Nine Elms it worked the same duties as its few H and numerous M7 0-4-4T companions. [I took this rather inferior photograph with my first cheap camera in poor weather].
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Image Location
Latitude
51.477079
Longitude
-0.13248