LCDR Tiger class

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LDCR Tiger class
LCDR G class
2-4-0 Swallow.jpg
LCDR Swallow, rebuilt as a 2-4-0
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder
Serial number
  • SG: 456–451
  • RWH: 1120–1127
Build dateAugust 1861 – August 1862
Total produced25
Specifications
Configuration:
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 •  Whyte 4-4-0 rebuilt as 2-4-0
 •  UIC 1B n2
Fuel typeCoal
Boiler:
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 • Diameter4 ft 3 in (1.295 m)
 • Tube plates10 ft 3 in (3.124 m)
Boiler pressure120 lbf/in2 (830 kPa; 8.4 kgf/cm2)
Heating surface1,200 sq ft (110 m2)
Cylinders Two, inside
Cylinder size 16 in × 22 in (406 mm × 559 mm)
Valve gear Gooch
Career
Operators
WithdrawnJanuary 1892 – March 1907
DispositionAll scrapped

The LCDR Tiger class was a class of twenty-four steam 4-4-0 locomotives. They were designed by Thomas Russell Crampton for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) as general purpose passenger locomotives.

Between 1859 and 1860, the LCDR board considered the need for new locomotives to operate lines then under construction. After consultation with various engineers, including Charles Patrick Stewart (of Sharp, Stewart and Company), Robert Sinclair (of the Eastern Counties Railway) and Crampton, they decided upon forty new locomotives: eight first class fast locomotives, seventeen general purpose passenger locomotives, and fifteen goods locomotives. After discussion with William Martley, the quantities needed for the two passenger types were revised to 5 and 24 respectively. Tenders were sought, and these were considered in July 1860, when orders were placed with several firms for what were to become the Echo, Tiger and Acis classes. [1]

The Tiger class, comprising 24 general purpose passenger locomotives, were ordered from three firms: Peto, Brassey and Betts were to build ten at £3,280 each; Slaughter, Grüning & Co. were to build six at £3,300 each; and R. & W. Hawthorn & Co. would build eight at £3,415 each. [1] As with the Echo and Acis classes, the locomotives were equipped with the Cudworth coal-burning firebox. [2] They were delivered to the LCDR between August 1861 and August 1862. [3] During 1862–65, the locomotives were rebuilt with the 2-4-0 wheel arrangement. [4]

Like other LCDR locomotives delivered prior to 1874, the locomotives had no numbers at first, being distinguished by name. [5] In November 1875, William Kirtley (who had replaced Martley following the latter's death in 1874) allotted the class letter G. [6] The locomotives were then given the numbers 3–26. Withdrawal began in January 1892, and by the time that the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) was formed at the start of 1899, nine remained in service. Of these, four were transferred directly to the duplicate list and had their LCDR numbers suffixed with the letter A; four had their numbers increased by 459 to avoid duplication with former South Eastern Railway locomotives; and one was both increased by 459 and suffixed A. [7] The last one was withdrawn in March 1907. [3]

NameBuilderWorks no.BuiltRebuiltLCDR NumberSECR NumberWithdrawn
Falcon Peto, Brassey & Betts—August 186118633—April 1897
Vulture Peto, Brassey & Betts—August 1861186244AJune 1903
Heron Peto, Brassey & Betts—August 186118645—October 1896
Stork Peto, Brassey & Betts—August 186118646—April 1898
Swift Peto, Brassey & Betts—September 186118627—July 1897
Dottrel Peto, Brassey & Betts—September 1861186488AJune 1903
Swallow Peto, Brassey & Betts—October 1861186399ASeptember 1904
Ostrich Peto, Brassey & Betts—October 186118631010ANovember 1904
Petrel Peto, Brassey & Betts—October 1861186311470March 1905
Pelican Peto, Brassey & Betts—November 1861186512—May 1895
Lynx Slaughter, Grüning446November 1861186313—February 1896
Gorilla Slaughter, Grüning447November 1861186514—January 1892
Tiger Slaughter, Grüning448December 1861186316—November 1893
Leopard Slaughter, Grüning449December 1861186518477March 1907
Jackall Slaughter, Grüning450January 1862186319—November 1896
Panther Slaughter, Grüning451February 1862186321480January 1904
Cerberus Hawthorn1120December 1861186415—October 1894
Gorgon Hawthorn1121December 1861186417—November 1893
Harpy Hawthorn1122February 1862186420—January 1894
Pegasus Hawthorn1123March 1862186522481December 1904
Satyr Hawthorn1124April 1862186523—July 1896
Lethe ; later Sphynx Hawthorn1125May 1862186524—August 1897
Siren Hawthorn1126July 1862186525; 25A from July 1892—August 1895
Xanthus Hawthorn1127August 1862186426485AFebruary 1901

Lethe was renamed Sphynx in August 1862, because the railway staff found the name difficult to pronounce. [8]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Bradley 1979, p. 33.
  2. ↑ Bradley 1979, pp. 34, 38, 42.
  3. 1 2 Bradley 1979, p. 38.
  4. ↑ Bradley 1979, p. 35.
  5. ↑ Dendy Marshall & Kidner 1963, p. 349.
  6. ↑ Bradley 1979, pp. 8, 14.
  7. ↑ Bradley 1979, pp. 37, 38.
  8. ↑ Bradley 1979, p. 34.

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