LSWR C8 class

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LSWR C8 class
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerDugald Drummond
BuilderLSWR, at Nine Elms
Build date1898
Total produced10
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4-4-0
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.3 ft 7 in (1.092 m)
Driver dia.6 ft 7 in (2.007 m)
Length54 ft 11 in, later 56 ft 5+1⁄4in.
Loco weight46 tons 16 cwt
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity4 tons, later 5 tons
Water cap.3500 gallons, later 4000 gallons.
Boiler pressure175 lbf/in2 (1.21 MPa)
CylindersTwo, inside
Cylinder size18+1⁄2 in × 26 in (470 mm × 660 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort16,755 lbf (74.53 kN)
Career
OperatorsLondon and South Western Railway
Southern Railway
Power classLSWR/SR: I
LocaleGreat Britain
Withdrawn1933–38
DispositionAll scrapped

The LSWR C8 class was the first class of 4-4-0 express steam locomotives designed by Dugald Drummond for the London and South Western Railway and introduced in 1898. According to Marshall[1] they "were of orthodox design, very much like engines which Drummond had put on the Caledonian". Marshall gives few other details, except to say that they were numbered 290-299 and had 18in x 26in cylinders. H.C. Casserley states that they were very similar to the Caledonian Railway 66 class.[2] They used a similar boiler to the Drummond M7 0-4-4T and 700 Class 0-6-0 engines built for the LSWR. They originally used a similar tender to the 700 class, but these were later replaced with Drummond's 8 wheeled bogie "watercart" tenders. They were not particularly good steamers, due to their firebox being too small. None were ever superheated, and they were withdrawn after lives of 35-40 years. In November 1898 No. 291 worked a train carrying the Grand Duke and Duchess Serge of Russia from Windsor through to Dover (LCDR).[3]

Withdrawal[]

Table of withdrawals
Year Quantity in
service at
start of year		 Quantity
withdrawn		 Locomotive numbers Notes
1933 10 2 290/294
1934 8 0 –
1935 8 4 291/293/295–296
1936 4 2 292/297
1937 2 1 299
1938 1 1 298

References[]

  1. ^ Marshall, C.F. Dendy (1963). History of the Southern Railway. London: Ian Allan. p. 175. ISBN 071100059X.
  2. ^ Casserley, H.C. (1971). London & South Western Locomotives. London: Allan. pp. 114–116. ISBN 0-71100-151-0.
  3. ^ Casserley, H.C. (1971). London & South Western Locomotives. London: Allan. pp. 114–116. ISBN 0-71100-151-0.
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