SECR O class

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**SER O class**
Power type	Steam
Preserved No. 65 on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex.]]
Designer	James Stirling
Builder	Ashford Works (42) Sharp, Stewart & Co. (45)
Build date	1882–1899
Configuration	0-6-0
UIC classification	Cn
Career	South Eastern Railway, South Eastern and Chatham Railway, Southern Railway
Class	O
Retired	1923–1932 (O) 1923–1961 (O1)
Disposition	58 rebuilt to O1 class, remainder scrapped

Rear view showing tender

The South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) O Class and its rebuild, the O1 Class was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed for freight work.

[edit] Preservation

One O1 class, SECR No. 65 (SR No. 1065 , BR No. 31065) has been preserved on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex. This locomotive was built for the South Eastern Railway (SER) in 1896, before the 1899 amalgamation into the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. It is the only surviving SER locomotive.

[edit] Sources

Preserved Locomotives by H. C. Casserley, published by Ian Allan in 1968

[edit] External links

SEMG page

v • d • e

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