[1][page needed] However, the problem of continually accelerating timetables to the South Coast ports remained.

[1][page needed] Drummond had once again settled on the 4-6-0 wheel arrangement in anticipation of further increases in speed and length of trains, a concept that had many advantages.

Drummond's second 4-6-0 locomotive design also incorporated a four-cylinder layout powering 6 ft 0 in (1.829 m) driving wheels.

[1][page needed] Drummond died before this could be undertaken in 1912, and it fell to his successor, Robert Urie, to undertake the modifications.

[1][page needed] The class saw more success when rostered to operate on the less arduous stretch of track between Salisbury and Southampton, hauling coal trains between these two destinations, a far cry from their intended role.