BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0 [SEP] designer
BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0
The BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed by Robert Riddles for British Railways (BR). 115 locomotives were built to this standard.
Design and construction.
The class was designed at the ex-LNER works at Doncaster which was also responsible for building 25 of the 115-strong class. The remaining 90 were split between Horwich and Derby Works.
The last in the series, No.76114, was also the final steam
with Walschaerts valve gear and air-smoothed casing removed
- BR Standard classes
- 4 BR Standard Class 2 2-6-0
- 4 BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0
- 14 BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T- No 80079 was the first locomotive of the BR standard range to leave Woodham's for preservation in May 1971
- 4 BR Standard Class 4 4-6-0
- 4 BR Standard Class 5 4-6-0
- 1 BR Standard