Some steam locomotives are elegant, and some are powerful, but very few are as strange and as brilliant as this one. Meet the Southern Railway Q1 Class — the most powerful 0-6-0 steam locomotive ever built in Britain. Designed for war, built for hard work, and unlike anything else on the rails. This is the incredible story behind Britain’s ugliest, yet most impressive freight engine. In the early 1940s, the Southern Railway was under immense pressure. London was a key hub for troops, supplies, a