SECR H class

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**SECR H class**
Power type	Steam
Preserved H class no. 263 pilots "terrier" Fenchurch up Holywell Bank on the Bluebell Railway, 6 September 1981
Designer	Harry Wainwright
Builder	SECR Ashford Works
Build date	1904–1909, 1919
Total production	66
Configuration	0-4-4T
UIC classification	B2'
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Driver size	5 ft 6 in (1.676 m)
Locomotive weight	54 tons 8 cwt (121,900 lb / 55.27 tonnes)
Fuel type	Coal
Boiler pressure	160 psi (1.10 MPa)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	18 × 26 in (457×660 mm)
Tractive effort	17,360 lbf (77.22 kN)
Career	South Eastern and Chatham Railway (1904–1922), Southern Railway (1923–1947), British Railways (1948–1962)
Class	SECR & SR: H BR: 1P
Retired	1944–1962
Disposition	One preserved, remainder scrapped

The South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) H Class is a class of 0-4-4T steam locomotive designed for passenger work, designed by Harry Wainwright.

1 Overview
2 Preservation
3 Sources
4 External links

[edit] Overview

Sixty-four were built between 1904 and 1909, with a further two erected in 1915 on the orders of Richard Maunsell which had been ordered and their components built, but not erected earlier.

All entered Southern Railway stock in 1923 and had 1000 added to their numbers.

Two were withdrawn during the Second World War, but the remaining 64 entered British Railways stock in 1948. BR added 30000 to their numbers. The BR numbers were in the range 31005-31554 but there were many gaps because the H class was jumbled up with other classes.

Some members of the H class were equipped for Push-pull train working in 1949.

[edit] Preservation

One locomotive, SECR No. 263 (SR 1263, BR 31263), survives and has been steamed on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex.

[edit] Sources

Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, winter 1962/3 edition, page 53

[edit] External links

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South Eastern and Chatham Railway Locomotives

SER

B. Cubitt (1842–1845):

J. Cudworth (1845–1876):

R. Mansell (1877–1878):

J. Stirling (1878–1898):	B • F • O • Q • R

LCDR

W. Cubitt (1853–1860):

W. Martley (1860–1874):

W. Kirtley (1874–1899):	A • A1 • A2 • B • B1 • B2 • M • M1 • M2 • M3 • R • R1 • T

SECR

Harry Wainwright (1899–1913):	B1 • C • D • E • F1 • H • J • L • O1 • P • Q1 • R1

R. E. L. Maunsell (1913–1922):	D1 • E1 • K • N • N1 • S