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Encyclopedia > LSWR Class S15
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Preserved No. 815 at Pickering, October 2005.
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Preserved No. 815 at Pickering, October 2005.

The London and South Western Railway Class S15 is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for freight work. They were designed by Robert Urie and 20 were built in 1920. Construction continued after the 1923 grouping by the Southern Railway under Richard Maunsell, who added an additional 25 engines in 1926/7. Several locations are called Pickering: Pickering, Yorkshire, England Pickering, Ontario, Canada The are several people with the name Pickering: William Hayward Pickering (1910-2004), former director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory William Henry Pickering (1858-1938), astronomer Edward Charles Pickering (1846-1919), astronomer Samuel F. Pickering Jr. ... Jump to: navigation, search October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search The London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) was a railway company in the England from 1840 to 1923. ... In the Whyte notation, a 4-6-0 is a railroad steam locomotive that has a two-axle leading truck followed by three driving axles. ... Great Western Railway No. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... The Southern Railway in the United Kingdom was the smallest of the four railway systems created in the Grouping ordered by the Railways Act 1921. ...


No less than seven S15s have been preserved.


External links

  • SEMG gallery
  • Railuk database


Locomotives of the Southern Railway
Maunsell: H15 - Lord Nelson - N15 - N15X - Q - V (Schools) - U - U1 - W - Z
Bulleid: Leader - Merchant Navy - Q1 - West Country/Battle of Britain

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