SECR F1 class

SECR F1 class
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer Harry Wainwright
Builder Ashford Works
Rebuild date 1903–1919
Number rebuilt 76
Specifications
Configuration 4-4-0
UIC classification 2′B
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver diameter 7 ft 0 in (2.134 m)
Locomotive weight 45.1 long tons (45.8 t)
Fuel type Coal
Boiler pressure 170 psi (1.17 MPa)
Cylinders Two, inside
Cylinder size 18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear Stephenson
Performance figures
Tractive effort 14,491 lbf (64.5 kN)
Career
Operator(s)
Class SECR/SR: F1
Number in class 1 January 1923: 75
Nicknames Jumbo
Withdrawn 1920–1949
Disposition All scrapped

The SECR F1 class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. The class was rebuilt from older Stirling F class locomotives by Harry Wainwright between 1903 and 1919.[1]

Numbering

Seventy-six locomotives were rebuilt and 75 survived into Southern Railway (SR) ownership on 1 January 1923 with random numbers between 2 and 250. Nine locomotives survived into British Railways (BR) ownership in 1948.[2] Numbers of these nine were:

SECR no. SR no. BR no.
2 1002 31002
28 1028 31028
31 1031 31031
42 1042 31042
78 1078 31078
105 1105 31105
151 1151 31151
215 1215 31215
231 1231 31231

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. ↑ Casserley, H.C. and Johnston, S.W., Locomotives at the Grouping 1, Southern Railway, page 25, Ian Allan, 1974, ISBN 0711005524
  2. ↑ "Rail UK Steam Loco Class Information". Railuk.info. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  3. ↑ Trevena, Arthur (1980). Trains in Trouble. Vol. 1. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 34. ISBN 0-906899-01-X.