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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">William Stroudley</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Postcard_of_a_LB%26SCR_G_class_and_William_Stroudley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Postcard_of_a_LB%26SCR_G_class_and_William_Stroudley.jpg/220px-Postcard_of_a_LB%26SCR_G_class_and_William_Stroudley.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="344" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Postcard_of_a_LB%26SCR_G_class_and_William_Stroudley.jpg/330px-Postcard_of_a_LB%26SCR_G_class_and_William_Stroudley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Postcard_of_a_LB%26SCR_G_class_and_William_Stroudley.jpg/440px-Postcard_of_a_LB%26SCR_G_class_and_William_Stroudley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1511" data-file-height="2360" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A postcard of William Stroudley and one of his G class 2-2-2</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1833-03-06</span>)</span>6 March 1833<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Sandford-on-Thames" title="Sandford-on-Thames">Sandford-on-Thames</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">20 December 1889<span style="display:none">(1889-12-20)</span> (aged 56)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Cemeteries_and_crematoria_in_Brighton_and_Hove#Brighton_Extra_Mural_Cemetery" title="Cemeteries and crematoria in Brighton and Hove">Extra Mural Cemetery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brighton" title="Brighton">Brighton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">British</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Engineer</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Engineering career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discipline</th><td class="infobox-data category">Locomotive engineer</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Significant design</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/LB%26SCR_A1_Class" class="mw-redirect" title="LB&SCR A1 Class">LB&SCR A1</a> and <a href="/wiki/LB%26SCR_B1_Class" class="mw-redirect" title="LB&SCR B1 Class">B1 classes</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Stroudley</b> (6 March 1833 – 20 December 1889) was an English railway engineer, and was one of the most famous steam locomotive engineers of the nineteenth century, working principally for the <a href="/wiki/London,_Brighton_and_South_Coast_Railway" title="London, Brighton and South Coast Railway">London, Brighton and South Coast Railway</a> (LB&SCR). He designed some of the most famous and longest-lived <a href="/wiki/Locomotives_of_the_Southern_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Locomotives of the Southern Railway">steam locomotives</a> of his era, several of which have been preserved. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Stroudley&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born at <a href="/wiki/Sandford-on-Thames" title="Sandford-on-Thames">Sandford-on-Thames</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a>, William Stroudley began work in 1847 at the local <a href="/wiki/Paper_mill" title="Paper mill">paper mill</a> and in the same year he was apprenticed to <a href="/wiki/John_Inshaw" title="John Inshaw">John Inshaw</a>'s engineering firm in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>. Over the next seven years he gained a variety of engineering experience on stationary engines and steam barges.<sup id="cite_ref-Bradley63_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bradley63-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1854 he trained as a locomotive engineer at <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Works" title="Swindon Works">Swindon Works</a> under <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Gooch" title="Daniel Gooch">Daniel Gooch</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a>, but soon moved to the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain)" title="Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)">Great Northern Railway</a> under <a href="/wiki/Charles_Sacr%C3%A9" title="Charles Sacré">Charles Sacré</a> at their <a href="/wiki/Peterborough" title="Peterborough">Peterborough</a> workshops, later becoming running foreman at the <a href="/wiki/Motive_power_depot" title="Motive power depot">motive power depot</a> there. In 1861 he was appointed manager of the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_and_Glasgow_Railway" title="Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway">Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway</a> <a href="/wiki/Cowlairs_railway_works" title="Cowlairs railway works">Cowlairs Works</a>. On 19 June 1865 he was appointed locomotive and carriage superintendent of the <a href="/wiki/Highland_Railway" title="Highland Railway">Highland Railway</a> at <a href="/wiki/Inverness" title="Inverness">Inverness</a>. He was unable to do any substantial work as the railway had very little money at the time, only producing one locomotive. He was however able to re-organise and modernise the company's <a href="/wiki/Lochgorm_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="Lochgorm Works">Lochgorm Works</a> and reduced the operating costs for the railway's existing fleet.<sup id="cite_ref-Bradley63_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bradley63-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="LB&SCR_career"><span id="LB.26SCR_career"></span>LB&SCR career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Stroudley&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: LB&SCR career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stepney.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Stepney.jpg/220px-Stepney.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Stepney.jpg/330px-Stepney.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Stepney.jpg/440px-Stepney.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1062" data-file-height="774" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/LB%26SCR_A1_Class" class="mw-redirect" title="LB&SCR A1 Class">A1 class</a> <i>Stepney</i> on the <a href="/wiki/Bluebell_Railway" title="Bluebell Railway">Bluebell Railway</a> </figcaption></figure> <p>In 1870 he was appointed locomotive superintendent of the <a href="/wiki/London,_Brighton_and_South_Coast_Railway" title="London, Brighton and South Coast Railway">London, Brighton and South Coast Railway</a> (LB&SCR) at <a href="/wiki/Brighton_railway_works" title="Brighton railway works">Brighton works</a> following the enforced resignation of <a href="/wiki/John_Chester_Craven" title="John Chester Craven">J. C. Craven</a>. When he took office there were seventy-two different classes of locomotive in use<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and so there was an urgent need for standardisation to reduce operating costs. Stroudley was hampered at first by the difficult financial state of his new company, which had faced bankruptcy in 1866.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, during the 1870s and 1880s increased revenues, particularly from the growth of suburban traffic, enabled him to dramatically improve the performance and reliability of the locomotive stock by introducing a number of very successful standard classes.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Locomotive_classes">Locomotive classes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Stroudley&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Locomotive classes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heraldics_for_royal_train.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Heraldics_for_royal_train.JPG/170px-Heraldics_for_royal_train.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Heraldics_for_royal_train.JPG/255px-Heraldics_for_royal_train.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Heraldics_for_royal_train.JPG/340px-Heraldics_for_royal_train.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>B1 class <i>Gladstone</i> at the <a href="/wiki/National_Railway_Museum" title="National Railway Museum">National Railway Museum</a>, York, decorated as it was for the <a href="/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee_of_Queen_Victoria" title="Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria">Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria</a> in 1897<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Stroudley's first passenger locomotive design at Brighton was the two locomotives of the <a href="/wiki/LB%26SCR_Belgravia_class" title="LB&SCR Belgravia class">"Belgravia class"</a>, <a href="/wiki/2-4-0" title="2-4-0">2-4-0</a> in 1872. They were very similar to two <a href="/wiki/2-4-0" title="2-4-0">2-4-0</a> locomotives constructed at <a href="/wiki/Cowlairs_railway_works" title="Cowlairs railway works">Cowlairs</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_and_Glasgow_Railway" title="Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway">Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway</a> in the early 1860s when he was the works manager. They contained many features of his later designs. </p><p>In the same year he introduced the first of three important <a href="/wiki/Tank_locomotive" title="Tank locomotive">tank engine</a> classes, which were ultimately produced in large numbers. The diminutive <a href="/wiki/LB%26SCR_A1_Class" class="mw-redirect" title="LB&SCR A1 Class">LB&SCR A1 Class</a> (Terrier) <a href="/wiki/0-6-0" title="0-6-0">0-6-0</a> tanks were introduced in 1872 and a number were still in active use in the 1960s; several have been preserved. The <a href="/wiki/LB%26SCR_D1_class" title="LB&SCR D1 class">D1 class</a> <a href="/wiki/0-4-2" title="0-4-2">0-4-2</a>T were used for London suburban services of the LBSCR from 1873 until electrification, and some survivors lasted until the early 1950s. The last survivor of the <a href="/wiki/LB%26SCR_E1_class" title="LB&SCR E1 class">E1 class</a> freight <a href="/wiki/0-6-0" title="0-6-0">0-6-0</a>T was withdrawn in 1962, while a previously withdrawn example now preserved. </p><p>In 1874, Stroudley also designed the <a href="/wiki/LB%26SCR_G_class" title="LB&SCR G class">G class</a> of powerful <a href="/wiki/2-2-2" title="2-2-2">2-2-2</a> 'singles', the last of which survived until 1914. Less successful were his <a href="/wiki/0-6-0" title="0-6-0">0-6-0</a> <a href="/wiki/LB%26SCR_C_class" title="LB&SCR C class">C</a> and <a href="/wiki/LB%26SCR_C1_class" title="LB&SCR C1 class">C1</a> freight classes of 1871 and 1882 respectively, both of which were underpowered. </p><p>Stroudley is best remembered for his <a href="/wiki/0-4-2" title="0-4-2">0-4-2</a> passenger classes. The first of these was a <a href="/wiki/Tender_(rail)" title="Tender (rail)">tender engine</a> version of the D1 class, the <a href="/wiki/LB%26SCR_D2_class" title="LB&SCR D2 class">D2 or "Lyons" class</a>, introduced in 1876 and which proved to be very successful. A larger version for express passenger work, the <a href="/wiki/LB%26SCR_Richmond_class" title="LB&SCR Richmond class">"Richmond class"</a>, was introduced in 1877. However it is the enlarged <a href="/wiki/LB%26SCR_B1_class" title="LB&SCR B1 class">B1 class</a> ("Gladstone class") express engines of 1882 for which he is best remembered, the last of which survived until 1933. The first member of this class is preserved at the <a href="/wiki/National_Railway_Museum" title="National Railway Museum">National Railway Museum</a> in York. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_engineering_activities">Other engineering activities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Stroudley&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other engineering activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RampeDeStroudley.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Engraving of a ramp in Le Manuel du Mécanicien" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/RampeDeStroudley.jpeg/220px-RampeDeStroudley.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/RampeDeStroudley.jpeg/330px-RampeDeStroudley.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/RampeDeStroudley.jpeg/440px-RampeDeStroudley.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1434" data-file-height="694" /></a><figcaption>Plan view of re-railing ramp: "The rescue wagon must carry four ramps, two for derailments on the left and two for those on the right. It is necessary, wherever possible, to place the edges of the ramps on the actual sleepers rather than the ballast, and do not try to draw more than two wagons at a time, for fear of breakages. Ramps for wagons weigh 35 kilos and those for engines 80 kilos."</figcaption></figure><p>Stroudley was responsible for the re-organisation and modernisation of <a href="/wiki/Brighton_railway_works" title="Brighton railway works">Brighton railway works</a> and the repair facilities at <a href="/wiki/New_Cross" title="New Cross">New Cross</a>. He also designed railway carriages and the steam engines for the LB&SCR cross-channel ferries which operated between <a href="/wiki/Newhaven,_East_Sussex" class="mw-redirect" title="Newhaven, East Sussex">Newhaven</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dieppe,_Seine-Maritime" class="mw-redirect" title="Dieppe, Seine-Maritime">Dieppe</a>. </p><p>He is also remembered for inventing the re-railing ramps that are still known as "Stroudley's Patent Ramps" or "Rampes de Stroudley" in some parts of the world.<sup id="cite_ref-Ramp1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ramp1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ramp2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ramp2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Stroudley&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He died of acute bronchitis on 20 December 1889 during his visit to the <a href="/wiki/Exposition_Universelle_(1889)" title="Exposition Universelle (1889)">Paris Exhibition</a> where he was exhibiting one of his locomotives.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Times211289_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times211289-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stroudley was buried in the <a href="/wiki/Cemeteries_and_crematoria_in_Brighton_and_Hove#Brighton_Extra_Mural_Cemetery" title="Cemeteries and crematoria in Brighton and Hove">Extra Mural Cemetery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brighton" title="Brighton">Brighton</a> on 24 December 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-Times241289_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times241289-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was succeeded at Brighton by <a href="/wiki/R._J._Billinton" title="R. J. Billinton">R. J. Billinton</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Stroudley&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Bradley63-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Bradley63_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bradley63_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBradley1969" class="citation book cs1">Bradley, D.L. (June 1969). "The earlier locomotives of William Stroudley". <i>Locomotives of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Part 1</i>. London: Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. p. 125.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+earlier+locomotives+of+William+Stroudley&rft.btitle=Locomotives+of+the+London%2C+Brighton+and+South+Coast+Railway+Part+1.&rft.place=London&rft.pages=125&rft.pub=Railway+Correspondence+and+Travel+Society&rft.date=1969-06&rft.aulast=Bradley&rft.aufirst=D.L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Stroudley" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAcworth1888" class="citation journal cs1">Acworth, W.M. (1888). "The London and Brighton railway". <i>Murray's Magazine</i>. <b>4</b> (19): 91–107, p. 98.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Murray%27s+Magazine&rft.atitle=The+London+and+Brighton+railway&rft.volume=4&rft.issue=19&rft.pages=91-107%2C+p.+98&rft.date=1888&rft.aulast=Acworth&rft.aufirst=W.M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Stroudley" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTurner1997" class="citation book cs1">Turner, J.T. Howard (1997). "The Great Expansion and the Reckoning 1847-69". <i>The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 2. Establishment and Growth</i>. 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London. 24 December 1889. col B, p. 1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=%28advertisement%29&rft.issue=32890&rft.pages=col+B%2C+p.-1&rft.date=1889-12-24&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Stroudley" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEllis1958" class="citation book cs1">Ellis, C. Hamilton (1958). "William Stroudley". <i>Twenty Locomotive Men</i>. 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