LB&SCR E3 class

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LB&SCR E3 class
Power type Steam
Designer R. J. Billinton
Build date 1894
Total production 17
Configuration 0-6-2T
Gauge 4' 8½"
Driver size 4' 6"
Locomotive weight 56 tons 15 cwt
Fuel type coal
Boiler pressure 160 psi (32453-32462}
170 psi (32165-32170)
Cylinders two inside
Cylinder size 17½" x 26"
Tractive effort 20,055 lbf (32453-32462}
21,305 lbf (32165-32170)

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway E3 Class is a type of 0-6-2T steam locomotive. Seventeen were built and they were designed by R. J. Billinton.

All were rebuilt with new boilers and extended smokeboxes from 1918 and some had increased boiler pressure. Cylinder diameter was reduced from 18" to 17½" by the Southern Railway.

British Railways numbers were 32165-32170 and 32453-32462. The final E3 was withdrawn in 1957 and none survived into preservation.

[edit] Sources

  • Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1949, part 2, pp 33-34

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