LSWR G6 class [SEP] designer
LSWR G6 class
The LSWR G6 class was an 0-6-0T tank locomotive designed by William Adams for the London and South Western Railway.
Background.
The late nineteenth century was a troubled period for the LSWR due to frequent motive power shortages brought about by employing a collection of ageing locomotives in an era of increasing rail traffic. There was a need to supplement this fleet with a new class of locomotive design that could undertake the mundane task of shunting in goods yards around the LSWR network.
G6 class 0-6-0T no 72 of the former LSWR took over, being renumbered DS3152 and working from November 1949 until July 1960. Another G6 took over then: no. 30238, renumbered DS682 worked there until December 1962. This was followed by USA 0-6-0T no. DS234, which worked at the quarry from then until October 1966, after which class 08 diesel shunters provided the power.