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2500
2500 was built to help move thousands of London commuters from Southend on Sea (which had 12,000 season ticket holders in 1934) to and from the City every working day. In the summer months this logistical nightmare was made more complicated by the annual movement of 70,000 day-trippers heading into Southend on-Sea. 2500 worked on a very congested railway.
2500 was the first of 37 express passenger tank locomotives designed specifically for the London Tilbury and Southend line of the London Midland & Scottish railway (LMS). It was built in 1934 at LMS Crewe works.
Fact File
- Wheel arrangement: 2-6-4
- Power Rating: 4P
- Cylinders: 3, 16 in (406mm) diameters 26 in stroke (660mm)
- Coal Capacity: 31½ tons (32.0 tonnes)
- Water Capacity: 2000 gallons (9092 litres)
- Length: 47 ft 2 ¾ in (14.4m)
- Height: 12 ft 10½ in (3.9m)
- Width: 8 ft 11½ in (2.73m)
- Weight Empty: 74 tons (75 tonnes)
- Weight Working: 92 tons (93 tonnes)
- Withdrawn: 23 June 1962
Shed Allocations:
- Willesden 21 April 1934
- Plaistow 25 July 1936
- Leicester 28 September 1940
- Shoeburyness 30 November 1940
Locomotive inventory number 1978-7039