Designed by Richard Maunsell for the Southern Railway in 1930, the "V Class" - better known as the "Schools Class" as all locomotives were named after English public schools - was intended to meet a need for an intermediate passenger locomotive for routes needed power, but couldn't handle large express engines. Essentially a cut-down "Lord Nelson" class, Maunsell used the round-topped firebox from the "King Arthur" class, which had the useful side-effect of making the "Schools" narrow enough for routes such as Tonbridge to Hastings with a restricted loading gauge.

This photograph is likely dated to 1974 when the locomotive was in Nova Scotia. See the following site:

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?17,4155792

Captured on color Kodak Kodachrome.

More information here:

https://www.nymr.co.uk/southern-railways-schools-4-4-0-no-30926-repton