Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 13, 2008

The SR Class LN or Lord Nelson Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for the Southern Railway by Richard Maunsell. Intended for express passenger work to the South-West of England. Sixteen of this type were constructed at Southern's Eastleigh Works between 1926 and 1929; they represented the ultimate in Southern 4-6-0 design. They followed Southern Railway practice of naming their express passenger types, in this case after famous admirals. The class continued to operate with British Railways until 1961, after modifications were made to the blastpipe by Oliver Bulleid. The class was withdrawn in 1961, and only one example of the class has been preserved. Lord Nelson can be seen running on mainline tours throughout Britain.