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Overview
LB&SCR's E2 steam locomotive is a "six-wheel" wheeled type designed by Lawson Billington⑷, used for shunting and traction A small steam locomotive running a freight train. Ten locomotives were manufactured between 1913 and 1916, and they were all decommissioned and scrapped from 1961 to 1963, without being retained. After the E2 steam locomotive is famous for "Thomas", the protagonist of the British children's TV series "Thomas and Friends".
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By 1910, the E1 steam locomotive designed by LB&SCR engineer William Stroudley⑸ ⑹There are many locomotives that are worn or insufficient, which cannot meet the heavy-duty tasks they need. From January to June 1911, engineer Douglas Earl Marsh used a large-diameter boiler to rebuild an E1 steam locomotive, but with his resignation, the reconstruction plan for the E1 steam locomotive was stopped.
Lawson Billington took over as an engineer and then ordered 5 new steam locomotives from the Brighton Railway Factory in the Brighton-Hove district of East Sussex in the southeast of England. The locomotive was delivered between June 1913 and January 1914, and was classified as E2 by LB&SCR, with car numbers ranging from 100 to 104. The
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E2 locomotive was considered a success, except that their water tank was found to be insufficient. Therefore, when LB&SCR ordered 5 E2 locomotives from No. 105 to No. 109 again, the side water tanks were lengthened. The production of the second batch of E2 locomotives was delayed due to the outbreak of World War I, but was finally delivered from June 1915 to October 1916.
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Use
E2 type locomotive is mainly used for shunting operation and traction of small moving freight trains in London area and southern coastal area , Because the locomotive’s small coal bunker makes them unsuitable for long-distance travel.
In 1914, two locomotives in the first batch of E2 locomotives were used to test six long-distance passenger cars running between London Bridge and Crystal Palace. However, due to insufficient locomotive coal bunker capacity, the test operation was abandoned in the same year.
In 1921, the British Parliament promulgated the Railway Act of 1921. According to the Act, LB&SCR and several other railway companies were integrated into SR in 1923. When yes, the locomotive number segment of the E2 locomotive was changed to B100~B109, and then adjusted to 2100~2109.
In 1936, the E2 locomotive was in charge of shunting tasks at Hearn Hill marshalling station, London Victoria Station and Dover Port. During World War II, the E2 locomotive was also responsible for shunting at the Hyde Green marshalling station.
In 1948, SR was integrated with 3 other railway companies into BR. When yes, the locomotive number segment of the E2 locomotive is changed to No. 32100 ~ No. 32109. In the mid-1950s, the E2 locomotive was used to test the shunting effect at the Southampton terminal and found it to be very useful, although the E2 locomotive has a wheelbase of 4876.8 mm, which means that it is different from the original United States with a 3048 mm wheelbase. Compared with the “simple” 0-6-0 saddle-shaped water tank steam locomotive with a 3352.8 mm wheelbase, the S100 steam locomotive of the Army Transportation Department (9), its availability in the terminal is limited. For this reason, 6 E2 locomotives were retained until they were replaced by BR's 07 "small shunting locomotives" in 1962.
From February 1961 to April 1963, the E2 locomotives were retired one after another, and eventually all were dismantled, and there were no remaining locomotives. Some railway fans have proposed a plan to build a new E2 locomotive, but so far no new progress has been made.
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Technical design
E2 locomotive has a total length of 10130 mm, a diameter of 1372 mm of driving wheels, and a curb weight of 53.6 tons. Two cylinders are placed inside the frame, with a diameter and stroke of 444 mm × 660 mm. The locomotive boiler pressure is 12.24 kgf/cm². The
E2 locomotive coal bunker can hold 2.5 tons of coal; the water tank volume of the first batch of E2 locomotives is 5000 liters, and the volume of the water tank of the second batch of E2 locomotives is increased to 5710 liters.
The origin of the "Thomas" water tank steam locomotive
"Thomas" was originally the pastor of the Church of England Wilbert Adley⑾ for his son Chris in 1943 Wooden toys made by Dove Adeli⑿. After Wilbert's wife encouraged him to publish the storybook "Railway Series", Edmund Ward Co., Ltd., the publisher of the second part of "Railway Series", "Thomas Tank Locomotive" hired illustrator Lei King Nader Payne draws for the storybook. Wilbert provided Reginald with photos of the E2 locomotive. In terms of design, "Thomas" is based on the second batch of E2 locomotives.
Although "Thomas" has become the most popular and famous character in "Railroad Series" and even "Thomas and Friends", "Thomas" did not really appear in the first part of "Railroad Series" "Three Railways" In "The Locomotive", this movie features "Edward", "Henry" and "Gordon".
后记
In the history of steam locomotive use in the UK, the E2 steam locomotive was used for shunting purposes and the number was only 10, which may not be noticeable. However, the successive births of the story book "Railroad Series" and the children's TV series "Thomas and Friends" have made the E2 locomotive gradually familiar to the world. Regrettably, none of the E2 locomotives have been retained.
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Note
⑴English: Six-coupled.
⑵English: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.
⑶ English: Southern Railway.
⑷English: Lawson Butzkopfski (Boskovsky in one case) Billinton (1882~1954), engineer of LB&SCR and SR.
⑸English: William Stroudley (1833~1889), engineer of LB&SCR.
⑹English: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway E1 Class.
⑺English: Douglas Earle Marsh (1862~1933), engineer of LB&SCR.
⑻English: Brighton railway works.
⑼English: United States Army Transportation Corps S100 Class. SR purchased 14 S100 steam locomotives in 1946 for shunting at Southampton Terminal. After the establishment of BR, the locomotive number segment of the S100 locomotive was changed to 30061~30074.
⑽English: Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST.
⑾English: Wilbert Vere Awdry (1911~1997).
⑿ English: Christopher Vere Awdry (1940~).
