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Drummond pers istedthough, following
theF13 with theE14,G14,P14 andeventually
theT14 ‘Paddlebox’4-6-0s.All hadthe
same problemofexcessive coal andwater
cons umptionand only theT14swereevereven
remotely up to thejob,and even then they
suffered from overheated axleboxes. What
should have beenDrummond’s finest designs
were easily hisworst.
TheSouth Eastern&ChathamRailway had
beencreat ed in 1899 withHarryWainwright
as locomotive superintendent.His first
designsbegan to appearin1900. In almost all
cases theactual design work wassupervised
by Surtees, thechief draughtsman, with
Wainwright specifying broadrequirements
andalso deciding thefinishand livery.
FifteenR1class 0-4-4T suburbanpassenger
engines,based on Kirtley’sRclass of 1891,
were builtbySharp Stewart &CoinNovember
andDecember1900.These were tolead to the
subsequentHclass. TheBclass0-6-0swould
lead to theCclass andthe Mclass to theD
andEclass4-4-0sthat, when laterrebuilt,
were considered some of thebestBritish
inside-cyl inder4-4-0s
Many of Wainwright’s engines survived in
serviceuntil almost theend of steamtraction
in Britaininthe 1960s, andare re garded as
some of themostelegant designs of theperiod.
Examples of thePclass 0-6-0T, Hclass 0-4-4T,
Cclass 0-6-0 andDclass 4-4- 0have been
preserved, alongwithaWainwrightrebuild of
aSouthEasternRailway Oclass 0-6-0.
DouglasEarle MarshwasbornatAylsham,
Norfolkin1862, andwas educated at Brighton
Collegeand Universi ty CollegeLondon.
He worked for theGWR underWilliam
Dean,becomingassis tant works managerat
Swindonin1888.In 1896 he became thechief
assistantmechanicalengineerofthe GNR
underHenry IvattatDoncaster,where he
played apartinthe design of IvattAtlantics.
MarshsucceededRober tBillinton
as thelocomotive,carriageand wagon
superintendent of theLondonBrighton&
SouthCoast Railway(LBSCR)inNovember
1904.Marsh’s locomotive classes included two
designsof4-4-2; theH1and H2 classes, and
fourdesigns of 4-4- 2T.In1910hedesigned
two4-6-2Ts,but hisleast successful design
wasthe C3 class0-6-0.
In 1910,the LBSCRurgentlyneedednew
largeexpress passengerlocomotivesand
Marshwasabletoobtainaset of drawings
from theGNR of Ivatt’sAtlanticdesign, which
he hadworkedonatDoncaster.Marsh made
only detailed amendments beforeordering
five of them from themanufacturer,but hedidincre asethe boiler pressure from 175psi
to 200psi.The class so on proved to be
successful,working theLondontoBrighton
expresses, includingthe heavyPullman
services ‘BrightonLimited’and ‘The
Southern Belle’.
During 1911,Marsh wasonsickleave and
hisassis tant LawsonBillinton, sonofRober t,
wasgranted theauthority to construct a
further sixAtlanti cs incorporatingaSchmidt
superheater. Thefivenew H2 4-4-2s were built
at Brighton andagain they were immediate
successes.Although replaced on thetop duties
by larger engines, theAtlantics remained
in serviceuntil afterthe Second World
War, when areduction in workled to the
with drawal of thefiveH1s.Fourofthe H2s
remained in useuntil 1956.No. 32424Beachy
Headwasthe last survivor,withd rawn in
April1958and scrapped at Eastleigh.
Although no examples of Marsh’sdesigns
have survived,aGNR Atlantic boiler was
discoveredatafactoryinEssex anditwas“Holdenheldofficefrom1885to1907and wassucceededby
hisson Stephenin1908, whoenlarg ed theClaud Hamilton
4-4- 0intothe capableS69 class4-6-0 thatbecamethe LNER
B12. Hismostlasti ng contribution wasthatofs tandardisation,
whichGresley wise ly didnot interfere with afterthe Group-
ing; leavingthe GreatEastern lines with standardlocomotives,
many of whichlastedtothe endofsteam inEast Angl ia.”