Motor trains – tank locomotives with single trailer coaches equipped with driving compartments so the trains could be driven from either end – were introduced by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) in 1905. They did short journeys such as Tunbridge Wells to Uckfield and East Grinstead.They proved to be popular with passengers and were noted for their silent running, especially when driven with the trailer coach leading.This, as Mr DL Bradley says in the first volume...
