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LCDR B2 class
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerWilliam Kirtley
Build date1891
Total produced6
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte0-6-0
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.5 ft 0 in (1.524 m)
Loco weight39.3 long tons (39.9 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Boiler pressure160 psi (1.10 MPa)
CylindersTwo,
Stephenson valve gear
Cylinder size18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort19,095 lbf (84.9 kN)
Career
OperatorsLCDR · SECR · SR
ClassB2
Number in class1 January 1923: 6
Withdrawn1929-1933
DispositionAll scrapped

The LCDR B2 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 1891.

Ownership changes

The locomotives passed to the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1899. All 6 (LCDR nos. 652-657) survived into Southern Railway ownership in 1923. They had all been withdrawn by 1933.

References

  1. Casserley, H.C.; Johnston, S.W. (1974). Locomotives at the Grouping 1, Southern Railway. Ian Allan. p. 12. ISBN 0711005524.
South Eastern and Chatham Railway locomotives
SER
B. Cubitt (1842–45)
J. Cudworth (1845–76)
A. M. Watkin (1876–77)
R. C. Mansell (1877–78)
J. Stirling (1878–98)
LCDR
J. Cubitt & T. R. Crampton (1853–60)
Secondhand (1860–61)
W. Martley (1860–74)
W. Kirtley (1874–99)
SECR
Harry Wainwright (1899–1913)
R. E. L. Maunsell (1913–22)
Others
William Pickersgill (GNoS)
John Ramsbottom
William Stroudley
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