SECR F1 class explained

SECR F1 class
Powertype:Steam
Designer:Harry Wainwright
Builder:Ashford Works
Rebuilddate:1903–1919
Numberrebuilt:76
Whytetype:4-4-0
Uicclass:2′B
Driverdiameter:7feet
Locoweight:45.1LT
Fueltype:Coal
Boilerpressure:1702NaN2
Cylindercount:Two, inside
Cylindersize:18x
Valvegear:Stephenson
Tractiveeffort:144911NaN1
Operatorclass:SECR/SR: F1
Numinclass:1 January 1923: 75
Nicknames:Jumbo
Withdrawndate:1920–1949
Disposition:All scrapped

The SECR F1 class was a series of 4-4-0 steam locomotives operated by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. These locomotives were rebuilt from older Stirling F class locomotives by Harry Wainwright between 1903 and 1919.[1]

Numbering

Seventy-six locomotives were rebuilt, and 75 survived into Southern Railway (SR) ownership as of 1 January 1923. They were assigned random numbers ranging between 2 and 250. Nine locomotives survived into British Railways (BR) ownership in 1948.[2] Numbers of these nine were:

SECR no.SR no.BR no.
2100231002
28102831028
31103131031
42104231042
78107831078
105110531105
151115131151
215121531215
231123131231

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. Casserley, H.C. and Johnston, S.W., Locomotives at the Grouping 1, Southern Railway, page 25, Ian Allan, 1974,
  2. Web site: Rail UK Steam Loco Class Information . Railuk.info . 2012-04-23.
  3. Book: Trevena, Arthur . Trains in Trouble . 1 . 1980 . Atlantic Books . Redruth . 0-906899-01-X . 34 .
  4. Book: Holcroft . Locomotive Adventure Vol 2 .