LSWR 159 class

[Andy Evans]

I have been approached about making a model of the lswr 159 class, I'm asking for help as I know nothing about the era. The only bit I have been told the loco was also used by the North British railway.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Andrew

[mikeandnel]

Hello Andy

I have many books covering all types of LSWR locomotives back to the earliest days and can find no reference to a 159 class

Can you please be more specific?

Michael dJS

[Andy Evans]

Michael,

This is were I am confused I googled it and a LSWR 159 came up as a L11 is that the loco class ?

 

Sorry to be a bit vague

Andrew

[mikeandnel]

Hello Andrew

 In the 'L11' class one of the locomotives was numbered 159, but that is a locomotive number, not a class designation

Drummond came to the LSWR from the North British Railway so the LSWT designs would be based on his experiences at NBR

Hope this helps

Michael

[bbishop]

Andrew,

 

A quick response. The LSWR never has a simple nomenclature for locomotives. Typically, there could be four different ways by which a class could be referred to:

 

1. The number of the first locomotive in the class.

 

2. The order number of the first member of the class (but no-one knows where A12 came from and the T9s should have been the G9s). Of course, this couldn't work if none of the class were built at Nine Elms or Eastleigh.

 

3. A formal name, so the first batch of T9s were referred to as the "Dübs expresses.

 

4. An informal name, so the T9s were known as the "Greyhounds".

 

In LSWR days, the class number was often used even if there were an order number.

 

Staff tended to use the class number or the informal name.

 

Over time, the order number was used if applicable.

 

Which gets us to 159. This was an L11, also known as "Large Hoppers", but the first member of the class was number 154. But I have no record of any of the class travelling to North British metals.

 

Bill