SER F class

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-4-0
• UIC	2′B n2
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	7 ft 0 in (2.134 m)
Loco weight	42.5 long tons (43.2 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Boiler pressure	160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa)
Cylinders	Two,
Cylinder size	19 in × 26 in (483 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	James Stirling
Build date	1883–1898
Total produced	88

SER F class
SER F class
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	James Stirling
Build date	1883–1898
Total produced	88
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-4-0
• UIC	2′B n2
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	7 ft 0 in (2.134 m)
Loco weight	42.5 long tons (43.2 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Boiler pressure	160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa)
Cylinders	Two,
Cylinder size	19 in × 26 in (483 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	15,195 lbf (67.6 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	South Eastern Railway; → South Eastern and Chatham Railway; → Southern Railway;
Class	F
Number in class	1 January 1923: 12
Withdrawn	1925–1930
Disposition	All scrapped

The SER F class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives of the South Eastern Railway. The class was designed by James Stirling and introduced in 1883.^[1]

Rebuilding[]

The locomotives passed to the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1899 and 76 were rebuilt by Harry Wainwright to Class F1 between 1903 and 1919.

Numbering[]

Twelve unrebuilt locomotives survived into Southern Railway ownership on 1 January 1923 with random numbers between 22 and 241. All had been withdrawn by 1930.

Accidents and incidents[]

On 21 March 1898, F class locomotive No. 205 was hauling a passenger train which was in a rear-end collision with another at St Johns. London due to a signalman's error. Three people were killed and twenty were injured.^[2]

Table of withdrawals
Year	Quantity in service at start of year	Quantity withdrawn	Locomotive numbers
1925	12	2	A45, A91
1926	10	3	A104, A194, A198
1930	7	7	A22, A139, A172, A210, A211, A222, A241

References[]

^ Casserley, H.C. and Johnston, S.W., Locomotives at the Grouping 1, Southern Railway, page 24, Ian Allan, 1974, ISBN 0-7110-0552-4
^ Trevena, Arthur (1981). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 10. ISBN 0-906899-03-6.

[1] Casserley, H.C. and Johnston, S.W., Locomotives at the Grouping 1, Southern Railway, page 24, Ian Allan, 1974, ISBN 0-7110-0552-4

[Trevena2-2] Trevena, Arthur (1981). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 10. ISBN 0-906899-03-6.

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