[1][page needed] However the problem of continually accelerating timetables to the South Coast ports remained, and any further engines of the E14 class could not be relied upon to uphold the heavy passenger services alone.

[1][page needed] Their proven ability to pull heavy trains at faster speeds and their inherently better power-to-weight ratio on other lines made Drummond decide to continue with the concept.

[1][page needed] Drummond decided to continue his development of the 4-6-0 wheel arrangement in anticipation of further increases in the speed and length of trains, a concept with many advantages that he incorporated in his third design of this type.

When transferred to Southern Railway ownership after 1923, the locomotives were outshopped in Richard Maunsell's darker version of the LSWR livery.

[1][page needed] The G14s continued in their original state without modification until they were withdrawn in 1925 by Richard Maunsell, who put their watercart tenders and numbers to use in new N15 class locomotives.