LSWR H16 class
| LSWR H16 class |
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H16 class 4-6-2T No. 30517 takes an empty stock train from Waterloo through Vauxhall on Saturday 25 August 1962 |
| Type and origin |
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| Power type |
Steam |
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| Builder |
LSWR Eastleigh Works |
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| Build date |
November 1921 – February 1922 |
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| Total produced |
5 |
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| Specifications |
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Configuration:
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| • Whyte |
4-6-2T |
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| • UIC |
2′C1′ h2t |
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| Gauge |
4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
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| Leading dia. |
3 ft 7 in (1.092 m) |
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| Driver dia. |
5 ft 7 in (1.702 m) |
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| Trailing dia. |
3 ft 7 in (1.092 m) |
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| Length |
46 ft 0 in (14.02 m) |
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| Width |
9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) |
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| Height |
13 ft 3 1⁄4 in (4.04 m) |
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| Axle load |
19.80 long tons (20.12 t) |
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| Loco weight |
96.40 long tons (97.95 t) |
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| Fuel type |
Coal |
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| Fuel capacity |
3.50 long tons (3.56 t) |
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| Water cap |
2,000 imp gal (9,100 l; 2,400 US gal) |
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Firebox:
• Firegrate area |
27 sq ft (2.5 m2) |
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| Boiler pressure |
180 psi (1.24 MPa) |
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Heating surface:
• Tubes and flues |
1,267 sq ft (117.7 m2) |
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| • Firebox |
139 sq ft (12.9 m2) |
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Superheater:
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| • Type |
Eastleigh (later Maunsell) |
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| • Heating area |
231 sq ft (21.5 m2) |
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| Cylinders |
Two, outside |
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| Cylinder size |
21 in × 28 in (533 mm × 711 mm) |
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| Operators |
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| Class |
LSWR / SR: H16 |
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| Power class |
- LSWR/ SR: A
- BR: 5F (later 6F)
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| Numbers |
- LSWR: 516–520
- SR: E516–E520 → 516–520
- BR: 30516–30520
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| Nicknames |
Green Tanks |
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| Withdrawn |
1962 |
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| Disposition |
All scrapped |
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The LSWR H16 class were five 4-6-2 tank locomotives designed by Robert Urie for the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in 1921–1922.
Background
As part of the project to construct a marshalling yard at Feltham in West London, Urie produced two locomotive designs, the G16 "Black Tanks" to shunt the new yard, and the H16 "Green Tanks" to work transfer freights to the London area yards of the other railway companies.
Construction history
| Year | Order | Quantity | LSWR numbers | Notes |
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| 1921–22 | H16 | 5 | 516–520 | |
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Livery and numbering
LSWR and Southern Railway
When originally built they were numbered 516–520. On passing to the Southern Railway, they had their LSWR numbers prefixed with an ‘E’. The locomotives lost the prefix between 1931–32. The Southern Railway painted the H16 class in passenger green paint, rather than goods engine black.[1]
Post-1948 (nationalisation)
All five engines were passed to British Railway who renumbered them 30516–30520. All were withdrawn in 1962, and scrapped.
References
Notes
Bibliography
- Russell, J.H (1991). A Pictorial Record of Southern Locomotives. OPC Haynes. pp. 262–263.
