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The London, Tillbury, and Southend Railway was a short commuter line running through Essex, and as such they employed mostly small tank engines. Thomas Whitelegg designed these 4-4-2 tank engines in 1909 as a development of his earlier 37 class for use on suburban passenger trains, however, they were capable of reaching a top speed of 65 miles per hour. Four were built by Robert Stephenson and were given the names of towns along the railway's route, though the LTSR was absorbed into the Midland Railway in 1912 and these names were removed. Another 35 examples were built by the Midland Railway and later the LMS, with five of them being ordered from Naysmith, Wilson, and Co and the remaining thirty built at Derby Works. The LMS classified them as 3P, and they continued to serve into Nationalization, and though they had been displaced from their home metals they found work elsewhere in the East Midlands. They were withdrawn between 1951 and 1960, and one, LTSR No.80 Thundersley has been preserved and is on static display at Bressingham Steam and Gardens in Norfolk.

Description
The London, Tillbury, and Southend Railway was a short commuter line running through Essex, and as such they employed mostly small tank engines. Thomas Whitelegg designed these 4-4-2 tank engines in 1909 as a development of his earlier 37 class for use on suburban passenger trains, however, they were capable of reaching a top speed of 65 miles per hour. Four were built by Robert Stephenson and were given the names of towns along the railway's route, though the LTSR was absorbed into the Midland Railway in 1912 and these names were removed. Another 35 examples were built by the Midland Railway and later the LMS, with five of them being ordered from Naysmith, Wilson, and Co and the remaining thirty built at Derby Works. The LMS classified them as 3P, and they continued to serve into Nationalization, and though they had been displaced from their home metals they found work elsewhere in the East Midlands. They were withdrawn between 1951 and 1960, and one, LTSR No.80 Thundersley has been preserved and is on static display at Bressingham Steam and Gardens in Norfolk.