Repton Steam Train Merch

Southern Railways Schools Class Repton in a design incorporating its nameplate. Photographed here on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, England.

A black and white image of Repton, a Southern Railway "V Class" - better known as the "Schools Class" as all locomotives were named after English public schools. The class was the most powerful 4-4-0 ( wheel arrangement) ever built in Europe. Repton spent some time on the Cape Breton Steam Railway in Canada before returning to Great Britain. Photographed here near Goathland on the North Yorkshire Moors in England.