LB&SCR C class

LB&SCR C class
C class No.96 in 1882
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	William Stroudley
Builder	LBSCR Brighton Works and Kitson & Co.
Build date	1871–1874
Specifications
Configuration	0-6-0
UIC classification	Cn
Driver diameter	5 ft 0 in (1.524 m)
Wheelbase	15 ft 3 in (4.65 m)
Length	48 ft 7 in (14.81 m)
Locomotive and tender combined weight	63.1 long tons (64.1 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	6.5 long tons (6.6 t)
Water capacity	2,520 imp gal (11,500 l)
Boiler pressure	140 psi (0.97 MPa)
Firegrate area	20.9 sq ft (1.94 m²)
Heating surface: – Tubes	1,312 sq ft (121.9 m²)
– Firebox	101 sq ft (9.4 m²)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	18 ¹⁄₄ in × 26 in (460 mm × 660 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort	18,400 lbf (81.85 kN)
Career
Withdrawn	1901–1904
Disposition	All scrapped

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) C class was a type of 0-6-0 freight steam locomotive designed by William Stroudley.

Background

Four 0-6-0 locomotives were on order from Brighton works at the time that William Stroudley took over from John Chester Craven as Locomotive Superintendent in 1870. He cancelled this order and replaced it with another for two locomotives of his own design, Nos. 83 and 84 which appeared in December 1871. Eighteen further locomotives were constructed between March 1873 and November 1874, Nos. 77-82 by Brighton works and the remainder by Messrs. Kitson & Co.^[1]

Use

The class were powerful locomotives for their time and the design was "an archetype for heavy goods engines in Scotland as well as Southern England,"^[2] but in other respects were Stroudley's least successful design, suffering from poor steaming. Within a decade of their introduction the class was being replaced by his C1 class 0-6-0 design of 1882–87, on the heaviest trains. Nevertheless they proved to be reliable locomotives and survived for nearly thirty years on secondary freight duties. Members of the class were withdrawn between 1901 and 1904.

Locomotive summary

Original Number	Built	Re-number	Date re-numbered	Withdrawal
77	01873-03-01-0000March 1873	401	01880-06-01-0000June 1880	01902-06-01-0000June 1902
78	01873-03-01-0000March 1873	402	01880-06-01-0000June 1880	01902-06-01-0000June 1902
79	01873-04-01-0000April 1873	403	01880-06-01-0000June 1880	01902-06-01-0000June 1902
80	01873-05-01-0000May 1873	404	01880-06-01-0000June 1880	01903-01-01-0000January 1903
81	01873-06-01-0000June 1873	405	01880-06-01-0000June 1880	01902-06-01-0000June 1902
82	01873-07-01-0000July 1873	406	01880-08-01-0000August 1880	01903-03-01-0000March 1903
83	01871-12-01-0000December 1871	407	01880-09-01-0000September 1880	01901-08-01-0000August 1901
84	01871-12-01-0000December 1871	408	01880-09-01-0000September 1880	01902-01-01-0000January 1902
85	01873-06-01-0000June 1873	409	01882-10-01-0000October 1882	01902-11-01-0000November 1902
86	01873-07-01-0000July 1873	410	01883-03-01-0000March 1883	01902-11-01-0000November 1902
87	01873-10-01-0000October 1873	411	01883-03-01-0000March 1883	01902-11-01-0000November 1902
88	01873-10-01-0000October 1873	412	01883-03-01-0000March 1883	01902-06-01-0000June 1902
89	01873-10-01-0000October 1873	413	01883-04-01-0000April 1883	01903-12-01-0000December 1903
90	01873-11-01-0000November 1873	414	01883-05-01-0000May 1883	01903-12-01-0000December 1903
91	01874-03-01-0000March 1874	415	01883-09-01-0000September 1883	01904-07-01-0000July 1904
92	01874-04-01-0000April 1874	416	01883-09-01-0000September 1883	01902-06-01-0000June 1902
93	01874-06-01-0000June 1874	417	01883-09-01-0000September 1883	01902-11-01-0000November 1902
94	01874-09-01-0000September 1874	418	01883-09-01-0000September 1883	01904-07-01-0000July 1904
95	01874-11-01-0000November 1874	419	01883-09-01-0000September 1883	01904-07-01-0000July 1904
96	01874-11-01-0000November 1874	420	01883-09-01-0000September 1883	01904-12-01-0000December 1904

References

↑ Bradley, (1969)
↑ Hamilton Ellis (1971) p.103.

Sources

Bradley, D.L. (1969). Locomotives of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway: Part 1. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society.
Hamilton Ellis, Claude (1971). The London Brighton and South Coast Railway. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0269-X.

London, Brighton and South Coast Railway locomotives

London and Brighton Railway (1841-1846)	Early locomotives

J. C. Craven (1847–1869)	Craven Locomotives

W. Stroudley (1870–1889)	A1 (list) B1 (list) C C1 D1 (list) D2 (list) E1 G Belgravia Richmond

R. J. Billinton (1890–1904)	B2 B3 B4 C2 D3 E3 E4 E5 E6

D. E. Marsh (1905–1911)	A1X B2X C2X C3 E4X E5X E6X H1 H2 I1 I2 I3 I4 J1 J2

L. B. Billinton (1911–1922)	B4X E2 K L