LBSCR Richmond Class

The LBSCR Richmond Class was a group of passenger locomotives associated with the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway during the 1860s under John Chester Craven's superintendency, named after or associated with the Richmond area. The Richmond Class designation likely refers to a specific named locomotive or a small group of related engines built for the LBSCR's passenger services in the mid-Victorian period before Stroudley's standardisation of the fleet from 1870.

Craven's approach to locomotive classification was informal by later standards, and the Richmond Class name probably derives from a lead locomotive named Richmond rather than from a formally designated class with consistent specifications. This was typical of Craven's era, when individual locomotive names gave more identity than class designations, and the LBSCR's locomotive records from this period reflect the somewhat ad hoc nature of Victorian railway administration before systematic classification became standard practice.

All Craven-era LBSCR locomotives, including the Richmond Class, were progressively withdrawn and replaced by Stroudley's designs from 1870 onwards. None was preserved.