LB&SCR D3 class
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| Power type | Steam |
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| Designer | R. J. Billinton |
| Build date | 1892-1896 |
| Configuration | 0-4-4T |
| Gauge | 4' 8½" |
| Driver size | 5' 6" |
| Locomotive weight | 52 tons 0 cwt |
| Fuel type | coal |
| Boiler pressure | 170 psi |
| Cylinders | two inside |
| Cylinder size | 17½" x 26" |
| Tractive effort | 17,435 lbf |
LB&SCR D3 class was a 0-4-4 tank locomotive design, by Robert J. Billinton, built for the London Brighton and South Coast Railway between 1892 and 1896. They were built for working passenger trains along country and main lines.
One locomotive, number 363 was named after the company's chairman, Sir Julian Goldsmid, who was so fond of the engine he had an image of the locomotive used on the railway's cap badges.
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[edit] Southern Railway
The locomotives passed to the Southern Railway (SR) in 1923. They were fitted for working motor trains (otherwise known as Push-pull trains) by the SR during the 1930s to replace D1 tanks.
[edit] World War Two: Luftwaffe versus D3
During World War II, one engine, number 2365, was working through the Romney Marshes when she was attacked by a German enemy plane. The plane attacked the engine, causing the boiler to burst, but no railway staff or passengers were hurt. Either the sudden rush of steam from the boiler or the plane coming in to contact with the dome, supposedly caused the plane to crash, killing the airman. The engine was repaired after a new boiler was fitted and survived the war.
[edit] British Railways
Twenty-six locomotives passed to British Railways in 1948 and they were numbered 32364-32398 (with gaps). The D3s were replaced by former South Eastern H class tank engines during the early 1950s, the last D3 being in service in 1955. None of the engines has survived into preservation.
[edit] References
- Smail, H.C.P. (1956) "Last of the Brighton "D3" Tanks", Railway Magazine, 102 (March), p. 157–160 & 196
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