LB&SCR E1 Class No. 110 "Burgundy"

LB&SCR E1 Class No. 110 "Burgundy"
Technical specifications
Designer(s)	William Stroudley
Manufacturer(s)	LBSCR Brighton Works
Build date	March 1877
Classification	E1
Dimensions	32 ft 4 1⁄2 in (9.868 m)
Rail gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2
Boiler pressure	175p.s.i
Service information
Running numbers	110 32110 B110 9 6 W2
Disposition details
Disposition	Preserved

No. 110 'Burgundy' is a LB&SCR (London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway) Class E1 0-6-0 side-tank steam locomotive that was built by Brighton Works for the LB&SCR in March 1877.

Operational history

No. 110 was based at numerous depots around the south of England, becoming Southern Railway (SR) No. B110 after the Grouping in 1923. Withdrawn from service in February 1927, No. 110 was then sold to the Cannock and Rugeley Colliery Company. A new boiler to a different design was made and fitted by Bagnalls of Stafford, resulting in a change of appearance and an increase in power due to an increased boiler pressure of 175p.s.i. At the Cannock Wood Colliery No. 110 was renumbered as No. 9, using the inverted number plate from No. 6, an 1876 engine which had been sold.

As CRC No. 9 the engine gave many years of good service became a firm favorite with the CRC enginemen. It was used extensively on the trip workings to Hednesford Canal Basin and the Exchange sidings on the ex-London and North Western Railway's Cannock to Rugeley line.

Preservation

Withdrawn for a second time in 1963, the engine was sold to the Railway Preservation Society and stored at Hednesford until 1970 when it was moved to the Chasewater Railway. It remained a Chasewater until 1978 when it moved once again to the East Somerset Railway.

After a long overhaul, it returned to steam in 1993, but firebox problems caused it to be withdrawn from traffic prematurely in 1997.

After a cosmetic restoration, the locomotive was acquired by the Isle of Wight Steam Railway in 2012 as part of a deal which also saw Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 No. 46447 move to the East Somerset Railway.

In 2021, restoration work began on the E1 locomotive which is now known as No. W2 'Yarmouth', an identity that was previously worn by one of the E1's that used to work on the island in the 1930s.

Gallery

Preserved steam locomotives in the Isle of Wight
Heritage Railways	Isle of Wight Steam Railway	SR W No. 11 Newport • WD No. 37 Invincible • APO No. 38 Ajax • LMS BR No. 41298 • LMS BR No. 41313 • NCB Haydock • LSWR SR W No. 24 Calbourne • SR W No. 2 Yarmouth • WD No. 198 Royal Engineer • WD No. 192 Wagonner • SR W No. 8 Freshwater

Preserved LB&SCR Locomotives
LB&SCR A1/A1X Class	No. 40 'Brighton' • No. 46 ”Newington” • No. 50 ”Whitechapel” • No. 54 ”Waddon” • No. 55 ”Stepney” • No. 62 ”Martello” • No. 70 ”Poplar”
LB&SCR B1 Class	No. 214 'Gladstone'
LB&SCR E1 Class	No. 110 ”Burgundy”
LB&SCR E4 Class	No. 473 ”Birch Grove”
LB&SCR H2 Class (Replica)	No. 424 'Beachy Head'