4-6-0 Class S15 LSWR Profile and Models

4-6-0 Class S15 LSWR

No. 834 at Feltham Locomotive Depot in September 1947. © Ben Brooksbank

The S15 class locomotives were originally produced for the London & South Western Railway and designed by Robert W Urie. They were designed to haul freight trains to the south coast ports and further west to Exeter, as well as work occasional passenger services. Following the amalgamation of the LSWR into the Southern Railway, further examples of the class were built. The fleet survived late into BR operations, with the last locos bowing out in 1966. 

 

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

LSWR/ SR Eastleigh Works

Build Date

1920 to 1936

Total Built

45

Tractive Effort

28,200 to 29,860 lbf

Wheel Configuration

4-6-0

Operated By

London & South Western Railway
Southern Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Mainly Freight
Some Passenger

In Service Until

1966

Surviving Examples

7