Stroudley 'Terriers'

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) A1 Class is an English class of 0-6-0T steam locomotive. Designed by William Stroudley, 50 members of the class were built in 1872 and between 1874 and 1880, all at Brighton Works. The class has received several nicknames, initially being known as "Rooters"[1] by their south London crews. However, the engines were more famously known as "Terriers" on account of the distinctive 'bark' of the exhaust beat. Later in their careers, some engines were known as "Hayling Billy" on account of their work on the Hayling Island branch line. A pub of this name on the island was briefly home to the engine which is now No.W8 Freshwater.
After displacement from their original workings out of London Bridge and London Victoria by more powerful locomotives from the D class and the early stages of the LB&SCR overhead electrification scheme, some representatives of the class were sold to other operators, while the majority of the remainder were put to work on branch lines in Sussex and on non-revenue earning work such as shunting.
With these new uses being found, the class remained in use on the system, surviving to be taken into ownership by the Southern Railway from 1923 and by British Railways from 1948. Although the number of engines dwindled following the Second World War as the work they were used for was either dieselised or lost to rail through the closure of branch lines and yards, a number continued in operation through into the 1960s, most famously on the Hayling Island Branch Line in Hampshire. The withdrawal of the final members of the class finally came in 1963, the line to Hayling having closed in November 1963



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8 Freshwater I.O.W.


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8 Freshwater I.O.W. Stroudley Terrier A1X
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10 Bought by IWCR (Isle of Wight Central Railway) Apr 1900 as Nº10 Cowes, withdrawn 1949 Stroudley A1 class



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10 Bought by IWCR (Isle of Wight Central Railway) Apr 1900 as No.10 Cowes, withdrawn 1949 Stroudley A1 class
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41 Piccadilly Kemptown Stroudley 'Terrier' LBSCR A1 c1895 Built 1877 withdrawn 1902



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Beulah


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Tooting


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Stepney



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Crowborough



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And off to Butlins!!!

32640 on a low loader Pwllheli 6th August 1964


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and away fom Butlins Ayr to Bressingham



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32670 L.C.G.B. The South Eastern Limited rail tour 11th June 1961




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