LCDR B class

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 0-6-0
UIC class 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:
 • Firegrate 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 1,089 sq ft (101.2 m2)
 • Tubes 987 sq ft (91.7 m2)
 • Firebox 102 sq ft (9.5 m2)
Cylinders Two, inside
Cylinder size 17 1⁄2 in × 26 in (444 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear Stephenson
Career
Operators
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Withdrawn June 1912 – April 1915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 They were all withdrawn and scrapped between 1912 and 1915.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

  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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