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2 unusual facts about L. B. Billinton


Billinton

L. B. Billinton (1882–1954), the Locomotive Engineer of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway from 1912 to 1923

L. B. Billinton

By the end of 1907 he was a district locomotive superintendent at the railway works at New Cross.


Billinton

R. J. Billinton (1844–1904), the Locomotive, Carriage, Wagon and Marine Superintendent of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway from 1890 to 1904

R. J. Billinton

Engineers of Pimlico London, and soon afterwards to the Calderdale Iron Works.

Radial axle

Radial axles were also used in locomotives designed by F.W. Webb of the London and North Western Railway, and by William Stroudley and R. J. Billinton of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway.


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