LB&SCR C class

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) C class was a type of 0-6-0 freight steam locomotive designed by William Stroudley.

LB&SCR C class
C class No.96 in 1882
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerWilliam Stroudley
BuilderLBSCR Brighton Works and Kitson & Co.
Build date1871–1874
Specifications
Configuration:
  Whyte0-6-0
  UICCn
Gauge4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.5 ft 0 in (1.524 m)
Wheelbase15 ft 3 in (4.65 m)
Length48 ft 7 in (14.81 m)
Total weight63.1 long tons (64.1 t; 70.7 short tons)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity6.5 long tons (6.6 t; 7.3 short tons)
Water cap2,520 imp gal (11,500 l; 3,030 US gal)
Firebox:
  Firegrate area
20.9 sq ft (1.94 m2)
Boiler pressure140 psi (9.65 bar; 0.97 MPa)
Heating surface:
  Tubes
1,312 sq ft (121.9 m2)
  Firebox101 sq ft (9.4 m2)
CylindersTwo, inside
Cylinder size18 14 in × 26 in (464 mm × 660 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort18,400 lbf (81.85 kN)
Career
Withdrawn1901–1904
DispositionAll scrapped

Background

Four 0-6-0 locomotives were on order from Brighton works at the time that William Stroudley took over from John Chester Craven as Locomotive Superintendent in 1870. He cancelled this order and replaced it with another for two locomotives of his own design, Nos. 83 and 84 which appeared in December 1871. Eighteen further locomotives were constructed between March 1873 and November 1874, Nos. 77-82 by Brighton works and the remainder by Messrs. Kitson & Co.[1]

Use

The class were powerful locomotives for their time and the design was "an archetype for heavy goods engines in Scotland as well as Southern England,"[2] but in other respects were Stroudley's least successful design, suffering from poor steaming. Within a decade of their introduction the class was being replaced by his C1 class 0-6-0 design of 1882–87, on the heaviest trains. Nevertheless, they proved to be reliable locomotives and survived for nearly thirty years on secondary freight duties. Members of the class were withdrawn between 1901 and 1904.

Locomotive summary

References

Sources

  • Bradley, D.L. (1969). Locomotives of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway: Part 1. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society.
  • Hamilton Ellis, Cuthbert (1971). The London Brighton and South Coast Railway. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0269-X.
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