LSWR 302 class

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LSWR 302 class
Specifications
Power type Steam
Designer William George Beattie
Build date 1874-1878
Total produced 36
Configuration 0-6-0
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver diameter 5 ft 1 in (1.549 m)
Locomotive weight 34.1 long tons (34.6 t)
Fuel type Coal
Boiler pressure 160 psi (1.10 MPa)
Cylinders Two,
Stephenson valve gear
Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
Tractive effort 15,464 lbf (68.8 kN)
Career
Railroad(s) LSWR · SR
Class 302
Number in class 1 January 1923: 15
Withdrawn 1889-1925
Disposition All scrapped

The LSWR 302 class was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed by William George Beattie for the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). Thirty-six locomotives were built between 1874 and 1878.[1]

Rebuilding

Twenty-nine locomotives were rebuilt by William Adams between 1886 and 1894 but the nature of the rebuilding is unclear.

Numbering

The full number series is unclear but 15 locomotives survived into Southern Railway ownership on 1 January 1923, with the following numbers:

Number Notes
0151
0152
160A
162A
229A Became no. 0229 in 1924
0311
337A
0338
0341
0342
0343
0345
347A
0369
370A

References

  1. Casserley, H.C. and Johnston, S.W., Locomotives at the Grouping 1, Southern Railway, page 49, Ian Allan, 1974, ISBN 0711005524
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