SECR J class

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SECR J class
J class 1598 at Ashford 1946
Specifications
Power type	Steam
Designer	Wainwright
Builder	Ashford railway works
Build date	1913
Total produced	5
Configuration	0-6-4T
Gauge	standard gauge
Driver diameter	5' 6"
Trailing wheel diameter	3' 7"
Locomotive weight	70 tons 14 cwt
Fuel type	coal
Fuel capacity	3.5 tons
Water capacity	2000 gallons
Boiler pressure	160 psi
Firegrate area	17.6 sq ft
Cylinders	two inside
Cylinder size	originally 20½" x 26" later 19½" x 26"
Tractive effort	20400 lbf
Career

The SECR J class was a class of 0-6-4T steam tank locomotive built for heavy freight service on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, by Harry Wainwright.

History

The South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) had a need for versatile mixed traffic locomotives which could accelerate quickly so as not to impede the heavy passenger traffic on the densely used lines around London. Following the success of his C class 0-6-0 and his H class 0-4-4T Harry Wainwright sought to combine their good features but was limited by weight restrictions on many lines. The result was an 0-6-4 tank.^[1] Five locomotives were constructed at Ashford during 1913, but Wainwright retired soon afterwards and no more were constructed. The class were moderately successful on a variety of secondary passenger and freight services. All had completed more than one million miles at the time of their withdrawal between 1949 and 1951.^[2]

Numbering

The class were originally allocated unused numbers between 126 and 614. However, all but number 597 were renumbered by the Southern Railway in 1927/8 to create a unified sequence from A596 to A599. These later became 1596-9, and then 31596-9 under British Railways.

Locomotive Summary

J class locomotive fleet summary
SECR No.	SR No.	BR No.	Date Delivered	Date Withdrawn
129	A596	31596	01913-10-01October 1913	01951-09-01September 1951
207	A595	31595	01913-10-01October 1913	01951-04-01April 1951
597	A597	31597	01913-11-01November 1913	01950-10-01October 1950
611	A598	31598	01913-11-01November 1913	01950-12-01December 1950
614	A598	31599	01913-12-01December 1913	01949-11-01November 1949

Sources

↑ Bradley, D.L. (April 1980) [1961]. The locomotive history of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway (2nd ed.). London: Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. p. 45. ISBN 0-901115-49-5. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)
↑ Bradley (1980), p.48.

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B. Cubitt (1842–1845):	13 1 (1841) 7 19 23

J. Cudworth (1845–1876):	1 (1846) 88 68 115 144 27 81 134 152 47 95 6 21 113 59 179 118 19 205 10 235 (G1) 124 171 152

A. M. Watkin (1876-1877)	259

R. C. Mansell (1877–1878):	58

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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 and K1 N N1 S

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