LCDR B class

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LCDR B class

| Type and origin

Power type| Steam
Designer| William Kirtley
Builder| Dübs and Company
Serial number| 886–891
Build date| January – February 1876
Total produced| 6
| Specifications

Configuration:
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• Whyte| 0-6-0
• UIC| C n2
Gauge| 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.| 4 ft 10 in (1.473 m)
Wheelbase| 16 ft 0 in (5 m)
Axle load| 14.50 long tons (14.73 t) ​
• 1st coupled| 14.30 long tons (14.53 t)
• 2nd coupled| 14.50 long tons (14.73 t)
• 3rd coupled| 12.40 long tons (12.60 t)
Loco weight| 41.10 long tons (41.76 t)
Tender weight| 29.75 long tons (30.23 t)
Fuel type| Coal
Fuel capacity| 4+3⁄4 long tons (4.8 t)
Water cap.| 2,200 imp gal (10,000 L; 2,600 US gal)
Firebox:| ​
• Grate area| 17 sq ft (1.6 m2)
Boiler:
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• Diameter| 4 ft 3 in (1.295 m)
• Tube plates| 10 ft 3+3⁄4 in (3.143 m)
Boiler pressure| 140 lbf/in2 (0.97 MPa)
Heating surface:| ​
• Firebox| 102 sq ft (9.5 m2)
• Tubes| 987 sq ft (91.7 m2)
• Total surface| 1,089 sq ft (101.2 m2)
Cylinders| Two, inside
Cylinder size| 17+1⁄2 in × 26 in (444 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear| Stephenson
| Career

Operators|

* London, Chatham and Dover Railway
* South Eastern and Chatham Railway

Class| B1
Numbers|

* LCDR: 135–140
* SECR: 594–599

Withdrawn| June 1912 – April 1915
Disposition| All scrapped

The LCDR B class was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway. The class was designed by William Kirtley and introduced in 1876.[1]

The locomotives passed to the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1899. And given new boilers between 1899 and 1903. They were all withdrawn and scrapped between 1912 and 1915.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Bradley, D.L. (1979). The Locomotive History of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway. Ian Allan. p. 12\. ISBN 0901115479.

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South Eastern and Chatham Railway locomotives

SER|

| B. Cubitt (1842–45)|

* 13
* 1 (1841)
* 7
* 19
* 23

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J. Cudworth (1845–76)|

* 1 (1846)
* 88
* 68
* 115
* 144
* 27
* 81
* 134
* 152
* 47
* 95
* 6
* 21
* 113
* 59
* 179
* 118
* 19
* 205
* 10
* 235 (G1)
* 124
* 171
* 152

A. M. Watkin (1876–77)|

* 259

R. C. Mansell (1877–78)|

* 58

J. Stirling (1878–98)|

* A
* B
* F
* O
* Q
* R

LCDR|

| J. Cubitt & T. R. Crampton (1853–60)|

* Sondes
* Tiger (G Class)
* Echo (K Class)

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Secondhand (1860–61)|

* Meteor
* Swale
* Magnet
* Hercules
* Aeolus
* ex-LNWR 2-2-0s
* Brigand (O Class)
* Ruby (S Class)

W. Martley (1860–74)|

* Acis (H Class)
* Adrian (J Class)
* Huz
* New Aeolus (S Class)
* Rose (Q Class)
* Second Sondes (F Class)
* Scotchmen (E Class)
* Large Scotchmen (D Class)
* Dawn (N Class)
* Bluebell (P Class)
* Reindeer (L Class)
* Enigma (L Class)
* Europa (C Class)

W. Kirtley (1874–99)|

* A
* A1
* A2
* B
* B1
* B2
* M
* M1
* M2
* M3
* R
* R1
* T

SECR|

| Harry Wainwright (1899–1913)|

* B1
* C
* D
* E
* F1
* H
* J
* L
* O1
* P
* Q1
* R1

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R. E. L. Maunsell (1913–22)|

* D1
* E1
* K and K1
* N
* N1
* S

Others|

| William Pickersgill (GNoS)|

* G

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John Ramsbottom|

* Ironclads

William Stroudley|

* A1 Terrier

* LB&SCR locomotives
* LSWR locomotives
* Southern Railway locomotives
* British Railways steam locomotives

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