King Arthur locomotive (Bing for Bassett Lowke gauge 1)

Star Exhibit
King Arthur locomotive (Bing for Bassett Lowke gauge 1) Bing/B-L King Arthur (i)
location:
Arch Three , Area 30 Classic Locomotives (display)
Shelf 2

Original loco details:

SR	No.453	4-6-0
Originally built:		1925

1925 Southern Railway advert for King Arthur locomotive paperweights [image info]

A green gauge 1, steam-powered "King Arthur" 4-6-0 "LSWR N15 Class" locomotive ("Southern", number 453), made by Bing for Bassett-Lowke, circa 1925.

SR 453 "King Arthur", Gauge 1, Bing for Bassett-Lowke, detail

The original locomotive

The N15 class were constructed at Eastleigh and Glasgow by the London and South Western Railway between 1919 and 1926, and started being assigned names in 1926 after the railway became part of Southern Railway. The Eastleigh E453 "King Arthur" was the first locomotive in the series to be named under SR, and the other N15 "Arthurs" were given other names from Arthurian legend.

External links

• N15-class (Wikipedia)
• List of King Arthur Class locomotives (Wikipedia)