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LSWR T3 class
The LSWR T3 class was a class of express passenger 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed for the London and South Western Railway by William Adams. Twenty were constructed between 1892–1893.
The class were numbered 557–576, and had been intended as a variant of the X2 class with slightly smaller driving wheels ( versus ). In reality, the coupled wheelbase was lengthened by and the locomotive was fitted with a firebox deep – the largest firebox of any of Adams' designs.
All passed to the
March 2017, LSWR T3 No.563 was transferred to the Swanage Railway Trust. The locomotive has now moved permanently to the Swanage Railway with a formal handover ceremony held at Corfe Castle on Saturday 27 May. Following an individual donation, the Swanage Railway declared their intention to explore the possibility of restoring the locomotive to working order, with a public appeal for additional funds being launched in October 2017.
External links.
- LSWR T3 class No. 563 at the National Railway Museum