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LBSCR Billinton Radial Tank, E4 No.473 "Birch Grove" / No.32473

The only surviving locomotive to be designed by Robert Billinton, "Birch Grove" is a Mixed traffic locomotive, they were equally at home on local passenger workings as branch-line goods services. Although almost the oldest, the E4s were amongst the last of the Brighton Radials to survive.

Remarkably "Birch Grove" retains her original boiler, number 891, fitted new in July 1898. It had been passed to various other Brighton tanks of classes D3, E3 and E4 before being refitted to Birch Grove in 1960.

Birch Grove was repainted from LBSCR livery  into BR lined black in February 2005, and it is intended that it will subsequently carry SR olive green (after about a year).


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E4 No.32473 passing the bluebells near Lindfield Wood

E4 awaits departure at Shefeild Park

South bound goods rolls into Horsted Keynes station

32473 at Town Place bridge.

32473 departing Horsted Keynes passing under Leamland bridge.

32473 standing on shed at Shefield Park

Birch Grove departing Horsted Keynes heading south.

    Birch Grove passing West Hoathly station.   "473" on the Freshfield curve.

      

 

 

 


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