LSWR 700 Class
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The London and South Western Railway 700 Class was a class of 30 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed for freight work. Designed by Dugald Drummond in 1897 and built by Dübs and Company at that companies Queen's Park works at Polmadie, Glasgow.
The class was originally numbered 687-716 but quickly were haphazardly renumbered, they gained the nick name 'Black Motor' early in there career, the locomotives were well designed and had little major modifications during the existence of the fleet, the exception being a major boiler modification in 1919 resulting in superheating. They shared many standard parts with Mr Drummond's other designs including boilers with the LSWR M7 Class.
They remained intact as a class through Southern Railway ownership 1923-1947 and were only withdrawn in the early 1960's by British Railways.
None were saved for preservation.
