The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway 1 class was a class of 4-4-2T suburban tank engines. Thirty-six were built between 1880–1892, by Sharp, Stewart and Company and Nasmyth, Wilson and Company. They were the first locomotives owned by the LTSR, as previously all train services had been run by the Great Eastern Railway

Great Eastern Railway

The Great Eastern Railway was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia...

 (GER) under contract.

They were ostensibly designed by Thomas Whitelegg

Thomas Whitelegg

Thomas Whitelegg was born around 1836-7 in Manchester England, Thomas died at his home in Highgate village in London on 30 March 1911, aged 74. Thomas was the Locomotive, Carriage & Wagon and Marine Superintendent for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway which today is known as c2c...

 and were the first 4-4-2T locomotives to operate in Britain.. However, documentation exists to suggest that the design was actually by William Adams

William Adams (locomotive engineer)

William Adams was the Locomotive Superintendent of the North London Railway from 1858 to 1873; the Great Eastern Railway from 1873 until 1878 and the London and South Western Railway from then until his retirement in 1895...

, then working for the GER.

Numbering

On the LTSR they were numbered 1–36 and named for places on or near their railway line. In 1912, the LTSR was absorbed by the Midland Railway

Midland Railway

The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....

 and the locomotives were renumbered 2110–245 and the names removed. At the grouping in 1923, all passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway

London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London Midland and Scottish Railway was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railway companies into just four...

and at first retained their former MR numbers. However between 1923 and 1927 twenty-five were progressively renumbered—2110–2119 to 2200–2209 in 1923, 2120–2124 to 2210–2214 in 1925, and 2125–2134 to 2190–2199. In 1930, all 36 were renumbered in the 2056–2091 range.

Retirements started in 1929, and by 1936, all had been withdrawn. None were preserved.

Fleet details

LTSR No.	LTSR Name	Builder	Built	MR No. & 1st LMS No.	LMS 1923–27 Renumber	LMS 1930 No.	Withdrawn
1	Southend	Sharp Stewart 2880	1880	2110	2200	2077	1930
2	Gravesend	Sharp Stewart 2881	1880	2111	2201	2078	1935
3	Tilbury	Sharp Stewart 2882	1880	2112	2202	2079	1935
4	Bromley	Sharp Stewart 2883	1880	2113	2203	2080	1932
5	Plaistow	Sharp Stewart 2884	1880	2114	2204	2081	1930
6	Upton Park	Sharp Stewart 2885	1880	2115	2205	2082	1933
7	Barking	Sharp Stewart 2886	1880	2116	2206	2083	1935
8	Rainham	Sharp Stewart 2887	1880	2117	2207	2084	1933
9	Tilbury Docks	Sharp Stewart 2888	1880	2118	2208	2085	1930
10	Grays	Sharp Stewart 2889	1880	2119	2209	2086	1930
11	Stanford	Sharp Stewart 2890	1880	2120	2210	2087	1930
12	Pitsea	Sharp Stewart 2891	1880	2121	2211	2088	1930
13	Black Horse Road	Sharp Stewart 2969	1881	2122	2212	2089	1932
14	Leigh	Sharp Stewart 2970	1881	2123	2213	2090	1935
15	East Ham	Sharp Stewart 2971	1881	2124	2214	2091	1933
16	Low Street	Sharp Stewart 3018	1881	2125	2190	2067	1934
17	Thames Haven	Sharp Stewart 3019	1881	2126	2191	2068	1935
18	Burdett Road	Sharp Stewart 3020	1881	2127	2192	2069	1930
19	Dagenham	Sharp Stewart 3217	1884	2128	2193	2070	1935
20	Hornchurch	Sharp Stewart 3218	1884	2129	2194	2071	1932
21	Upminster	Sharp Stewart 3219	1884	2130	2195	2072	1932
22	Commercial Road	Sharp Stewart 3220	1885	2131	2196	2073	1935
23	Laindon	Sharp Stewart 3221	1885	2132	2197	2074	1930
24	Ockendon	Sharp Stewart 3222	1885	2133	2198	2075	1935
25	Stifford	Sharp Stewart 3223	1885	2134	2199	2076	1935
26	West Thurrock	Sharp Stewart 3224	1885	2135	—	2056	1932
27	Whitechapel	Sharp Stewart 3225	1885	2136	—	2057	1932
28	Romford	Sharp Stewart 3226	1885	2137	—	2058	1935
29	Stepney	Sharp Stewart 3227	1885	2138	—	2059	1932
30	Fenchurch	Sharp Stewart 3228	1885	2139	—	2060	1934
31	St. Pancras	Nasmyth Wilson 425	1892	2140	—	2061	1933
32	Leyton	Nasmyth Wilson 426	1892	2141	—	2062	1933
33	Wanstead	Nasmyth Wilson 427	1892	2142	—	2063	1935
34	Tottenham	Nasmyth Wilson 428	1892	2143	—	2064	1930
35	West Ham	Nasmyth Wilson 429	1892	2144	—	2065	1933
36	Walthamstow	Nasmyth Wilson 430	1892	2145	—	2066	1932