The Book of the Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2Ts 41200-41329

The Ivatt Class 2 tanks and moguls were amongst the last new LMS designs and although intended for secondary duties to replace a variety of ancient pre-grouping specimens, they incorporated all of the refinements developed over the previous decade and honed by Ivatt on his post-war Black Fives. The two classes were developed together, using the same boiler, sharing as many components as possible and they were very much complementary. The 2-6-2Ts were really the last small tank locomotive designed for Britain's railways; the BR Standard Class 2 in the 84000 series being merely a slightly modified version. Their light axle loading meant that they could go almost anywhere on the system and they certainly did that. They operated throughout the Southern Region, from Kent to Cornwall. This book complements the immediately preceding Book of the Ivatt 2-6-0s.