LT&SR 37 Class

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LTSR 37 class
Specifications
Power type Steam
Designer Thomas Whitelegg
Builder Sharp, Stewart & Co. (6),
Dübs & Co. (6)
Serial number SS 4245–4250,
Dübs 3666–3671
Build date 1897–1898
Total produced 12
Configuration 4-4-2T
UIC classification 2'B1
Driver diameter 6 ft 6 in (1.981 m)
Locomotive weight 71.75 long tons (72.90 t)
Fuel type Coal
Boiler pressure 170 psi (1.17 MPa)
Cylinders Two, outside
Cylinder size 19 in × 26 in (483 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear Stephenson
Tractive effort 17,390 lbf (77.4 kN)
Career
Railroad(s) LTSR · MR · LMS · BR
Power class 3P
Number in class 1 January 1923: 12
1 January 1948: 12
Withdrawn 1951–1952
Disposition All scrapped

The LTSR 37 class was a class of 4-4-2T suburban tank engines built for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway in 1897–98. They were designed by Thomas Whitelegg as a development of the earlier LT&SR 1 Class.

History

Six locomotives were built by Sharp, Stewart and Company in 1897, with a further six being built by Dübs and Company the following year. The LTSR numbered the locomotives 37–48 and named them after places in Essex, near the LTSR route. After the LTSR was absorbed by the Midland Railway in 1912, they were renumbered 2146–2157 and their names were removed. The Midland gave them the power classification 3P. All passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923 on grouping, and initially carried their MR number in LMS service. However, in 1930 they were renumbered 2135–2146, and in 1947 were to be again renumbered 1953–1964, however none had been by nationalisation, and so they were renumbered by British Railways directly to 41953–41964. They were withdrawn between 1951–1952, and none survived into preservation.

Four more locomotives of a similar class, the LT&SR 79 Class, were built in 1909.

List of locomotives

LTSR
No. 		LTSR Name Builder Built MR
No. 		LMS 1923
No. 		LMS 1930
No. 		BR
No. 		Withdrawn
37 Woodgrange SS 4245 1897 2146 2146 2135 41953 1951
38 Westcliff SS 4246 1897 2147 2147 2136 41954 1951
39 Forest Gate SS 4247 1897 2148 2148 2137 41955 1951
40 Benfleet SS 4248 1897 2149 2149 2138 41956 1951
41 Leytonstone SS 4249 1897 2150 2150 2139 41957 1951
42 East Horndon SS 4250 1897 2151 2151 2140 41958 1951
43 Great Ilford Dübs 3666 1898 2152 2152 2141 41959 1951
44 Prittlewell Dübs 3667 1898 2153 2153 2142 41960 1951
45 Shoeburyness Dübs 3668 1898 2154 2154 2143 41961 1952
46 Southchurch Dübs 3669 1898 2155 2155 2144 41962 1951
47 Stratford Dübs 3670 1898 2156 2156 2145 41963 1951
48 Little Ilford Dübs 3671 1899 2157 2157 2146 41964 1951

References

  • Casserley, H.C.; S.W. Johnston (1966, 1974). Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan. pp. 40–41. ISBN 0-7110-0554-0. 


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