LT&SR 49 Class

LT&SR 49 class

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Build date	1898
Total produced	2

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	0-6-0
• UIC	C n2
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	4 ft (1.219200 m)
Loco weight	38.20 long tons (38.81 t)
Boiler pressure	150 psi (1.03 MPa)
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	18 mm × 24 mm (1 in × 1 in)
Valve gear	Stephenson

Performance figures
Tractive effort	18,026 lbf (80.2 kN)

Career
Operators	London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Midland Railway London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Class	LT&SR: 49
Power class	MR/LMS: 2F
Numbers	LTSR: 49–50; MR: 2898–2899
Withdrawn	1933, 1936
Disposition	Both scrapped

The LT&SR 49 class was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives. They were the only tender engines used by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. They were originally ordered by the Ottoman Railway in Turkey, however that order was cancelled after they had been built and instead they were sold to the LT&SR in 1898. The LT&SR numbered them 49 and 50.

Both passed to the Midland Railway when it merged the LT&SR in 1912. The Midland renumbered them 2898–2899 and gave them the power classification 2F. The Midland fitted them with Belpaire firebox boilers, plus some standard fittings. Both passed into LMS ownership in 1923, and they initially retained their numbers.

In 1935, number 2899 was renumbered with the addition of 20000 to 22899; 2898 having been withdrawn in 1933. Number 22899 was withdrawn in 1936. Neither was preserved.

References

Casserley, H.C; S.W. Johnston (1974) [1966]. Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Limited. p. 51. ISBN 0-7110-0554-0.
Bob Essery The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway and its Locomotives, OPC (2001) ISBN 0-86093-561-2
Bob Essery and David Jenkinson An Illustrated History of LMS locomotives. Volume 4. Absorbed Pre-Group Classes Midland Division ISBN 0-947971-16-5

London, Tilbury and Southend Railway

Stations

Forest Gate Junction to Southend	Barking Benfleet Dagenham Dock Grays Thurrock Horndon Leigh Low Street Pitsea Purfleet Rainham Southend Tilbury Dock Tilbury Fort Westcliff-on-Sea
Bow to Barking extension	Bromley East Ham Plaistow Upton Park West Ham
Barking to Pitsea extension	Dagenham East Horndon Gale Street Halt Hornchurch Laindon Upminster
Shoeburyness extension	Shoeburyness Southend East Thorpe Bay
Romford to Grays branch	Emerson Park Ockendon Romford

Locomotives

Relationships

Absorbed by the Midland Railway in 1912 ►

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