LCDR R class

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LCDR R class
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No. 1675 at Tonbridge Locomotive Depot, 18 May 1946
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer William Kirtley
Builder Sharp, Stewart & Co
Serial number3722–3739
Build dateSeptember–December 1891
Total produced18
Specifications
Configuration:
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 •  Whyte 0-4-4T
 •  UIC B2′ n2t
Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.5 ft 6 in (1.676 m)
Wheelbase 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Loco weight49.75 long tons (50.55 t)
Fuel capacity2 long tons (2.0 t)
Water cap.1,100 imp gal (5,000 L; 1,300 US gal)
Firebox:​
 • Grate area16.25 sq ft (1.510 m2)
Boiler pressure150 psi (1.03 MPa)
Heating surface1,071 sq ft (99.5 m2)
Cylinders Two, inside
Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
Train brakes Westinghouse
Career
Operators
Class R
Numbers
  • LCDR: 199–216
  • SECR: 658–675
  • SR: A658–A675 → 1658–1675
  • BR: 31658–31675
NicknamesBobtails
WithdrawnMay 1940 – December 1955
DispositionAll scrapped

The LCDR R class was a class of 0-4-4T locomotives on the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR). No. 207 (eventually no. 31666) is notable as being the last former LCDR locomotive to be withdrawn from service. [1] The whole class was fitted with condensing apparatus for working on the Widened Lines. [2]

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History

For many years the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) had favoured the 0-4-4T wheel arrangement for suburban and stopping passenger trains, and when more were required in 1890, consideration was given to ordering a further batch of the existing A2 class 0-4-4T (introduced 1883); it was then decided that a modified design was required. [3] The R class locomotives were designed by William Kirtley as a development of his earlier A2 class, [3] and 18 were built by Sharp, Stewart and Company in 1891. [4] [5]

Numbering

Their LCDR numbers were 199–216, which under the South Eastern and Chatham Railway became 658–675 from 1899. [4] They were renumbered three more times: to A658–A675 by the Southern Railway (SR) from 1923; to 1658–1675 by the SR from 1931; and to 31658–31675 by British Railways from 1948.

Withdrawal

Three (Nos. 1664, 1668 and 1669) were withdrawn in 1940 to provides spares for the others, [1] and withdrawal of the rest occurred between 1949 and 1955. [5]

Table of withdrawals [6]
YearQuantity in
service at
start of year		Quantity
withdrawn		Numbers
19401831664, 1668, 1669
194915131672
195114331659, 31667, 31670
195211531658, 31665, 31673–31675
19536331660, 31662, 31663
19543131671
19552231661, 31666

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Bradley 1979, p. 87.
  2. ↑ Smith 1994, p. 25.
  3. 1 2 Bradley 1979, pp. 82–83.
  4. 1 2 Bradley 1979, p. 83.
  5. 1 2 Bradley 1979, pp. 87–88.
  6. ↑ Bradley 1960, p. 33.

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