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What, one might have wondered back in the 1870s, would Stroudley
come up with next after his hugely successful Terriers? The answer was simple, the equally famous D Class
0-4-2 tanks! A much "stronger" class that was, like the Terriers,
destined to have a long and successful career. Pure Stroudley through and
through, the locomotives were ideal for both suburban and country traffic and
were quite at home on a fast mainline service - provided there was time for a
water stop or two! Some of the class were fitted with Stroudley's
"speed recorder" which was, quite simply, a fan driven by a driving
wheel that forced a jet of air into a tubular water container forcing the water
to rise as the speed built up. Simple but effective, it was more of an
"indicator" than a "recorder".
Built over thirteen years, the first, "Sydenham", appropriately bearing the number '1', appeared in November 1873 whilst the last, the 125th, was not built until December 1886. Initially built at Brighton, Some 35 examples were built by Neilson & Co of Glasgow, after which the remainder were once again Brighton-built. With such a large class it is not surprising that there were a number of variations. Initially built with 150 lb sq in boilers, from 1892 RJ Billinton fitted 160 lb boilers whilst one, ex-"Carlshalton" of June 1873 (who carried no less than five numbers in LBSCR days) was rebuilt in 1910 as class D1x with a larger, 170 lb, boiler that made for a decidedly tubby looking locomotive! When Marsh took over at Brighton he replaced the 150 lb boilers with 170 lb ones. Although the increased boiler pressures led to a useful increase in performance, the D1x doesn't seem to have been much of a success and no more D1s were rebuilt. Considered unsteady at anything over 45 mph, the D1x worked her last years on the 'Cuckoo Line' between Eastbourne and Mayfield. N°627 was the first of the class to be converted for working motor trains, oil-fired and with two Marsh control-trailer coaches she handled the traffic on the Epsom Downs branch most capably on all but big race meeting days. After being converted she carried the initials 'L & B' in large, some called them vulgar, letters on her tank sides. The original series of Brighton-built locomotives had wooden brake blocks, but from the last of this series (N°268 "Baynards") onwards, iron blocks were fitted. One odd thing to note about the Neilson engines was that the first was the last! Brighton works provided Neilsons with half a set of motion which they used in the first locomotive, N°233 "Handcross", which was then used as a 'pattern engine', eventually leaving the works in March 1883, some four months after the penultimate locomotive. Various of the class were the subject of accidents over the years, the most serious being on the 'Cuckoo Line' in 1897 when the Driver was killed, which raised questions about the use of front coupled locomotives. However, it was considered that the true cause of the accidents was the state of the permanent way, which left a lot to be desired around the turn of the century! As time progressed virtually all were re-boilered by either RJ Billinton or, later, Marsh who raised the pressure to 170 lb. Coal rails were fitted to increase coal capacity to 2 tons 15 cwt. During Southern Railway days four of the class had their bunkers cut down and side tank capacity reduced so that they could work the Lyme Regis branch, though the SR quickly learned (as Dugald Drummond had many years earlier) that you couldn't run rigid framed engines on that line! During the early 1940s engines 2215, 2220 2239, 2244, 2252, 2253, 2255, 2260 and 2357 were equipped for use as fire engines at big depots, able to throw four jets of water at a rate of a ton a minute. Also during WWII several D1s were sent to Scotland for branchline and shunting work resulting in the Highland Railway line seeing Stroudley locomotives at work some seven decades after the man himself had left Inverness for the south. |
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Introduced: | November 1873 |
Driving Wheel: | 5 ft 6 ins |
Carrying Wheel: | 4 ft 6 ins |
Total Weight: | 43 tons 10 cwt |
Water Capacity | 860 gals |
Cylinders (2): | 17 in x 24 in |
Boiler Pressure: | 150 lb sq in |
Tractive Effort: | 13,400 lb |
Coal Capacity: | 1 ton 10 cwt |
The LBSC was better than the other Southern Companies in
keeping locomotive classes more or less in consecutive numbers, but they could
issue these numbers somewhat randomly! The following table is set out in order
of build: |
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LBSC N° 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 § 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 295 296 293 292 294 297 291 287 290 286 288 289 284 285 282 283 280 281 274 275 276 277 278 273 279 269 270 271 272 268 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 233 231 232 230 229 228 227 226 224 225 221 222 223 351 352 353 354 355 357 356 358 359 360 361 362 |
Name Sydenham Wandsworth Battersea Mickleham Streatham Wimbledon Bermondsey Brockley Anerley Banstead Selhurst Wallington Pimlico Cheslea Brompton Silverdale Dulwich Stockwell Belmont Carshalton Beddington Addington Mayfield Brambletye Rotherfield Hartfield Uckfield Isfield Lambeth Camberwell Borough Walworth Mitcham Balham Southwark New Cross Whippingham Osborne/Peckham Norbury Leigham Rosebery/Falmer Bonchurch Deepdene Buryhill Denbies Ranmore Effingham Holmbury Ashburnham Holmwood Rowfant Aldgate Grinstead Withyham Guildford Cranleigh Rudgwick Slinfold Groombridge Dornden Tunbridge Wells Crawley Warnham Eridge Nevill/Goring Baynards Rottingdean Broadwater Ardingly Cuckfield Lindfield Patcham Ditchling Stanmer Ringmer Ovingdean Hassocks Withdean Bramber Arlington Ashurst Hilsea Hoathly Singleton Buckhurst Selham Hambledon Willingdon Stanford Brading Cosham Telford/Barnham Lavington Wigmore Oxted Purley Langstone Chipstead Charlwood Maresfield Handcross Horsham Lewes Brookhouse Dorking Seaford Heathfield Westham Crowhurst Ashburne Warbleton Cuckmere Balcombe Chailey Lavant Keymer Lancing Worthing Riddlesdown Coulsdon Henfield Egmont Leconfield Upperton Kidbrooke |
Builder Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Neilson Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton Brighton |
Re-numbered 684 75/298 - - 605 76/299 607 - - - - 612 77/77A/347/214 614 615 616 617 78/78A/348/215 619 79/79A/349/216 621 - 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 80/80A/350/217 633 634 298/698 299/699 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 218 219 220 - - - - - - - - - |
SR N° # B684 2298 - - 2605 2299 - - - - - 2612 2214 2614 2615 2616 B617 2215 - 2216 - - 2623 B624 2625 2626 2627 - 2629 - 2631 2217 2633 B634 - 2699 2295 2296 B293 B292 2294 2297 B291 B287 2290 2286 2288 2289 2284 B385 2282 2283 B280 B281 2274 2275 2276 B277 B278 2273 2279 2269 2270 B271 B272 B268 2234 2235 B236 2237 B238 2239 2240 2241 B242 B243 2244 B245 B246 2247 2248 2249 B250 B251 2252 2253 2254 2255 2256 B257 B258 2259 2260 2261 2262 - B264 B265 2266 2267 2233 2231 2232 B230 2229 2228 2227 2226 2224 B225 2221 B222 B223 B218 2352 2220 B354 2355 2357 2356 2358 2359 B360 2361 B362 |
Built: Nov 1873 Dec 1873 Dec 1873 Jan 1874 Jan 1874 Jan 1874 Mar 1874 Mar 1874 Apr 1874 Apr 1874 Jun 1874 Jul 1874 Dec 1874 Dec 1874 Jan 1875 Mar 1875 Apr 1875 May 1875 Jul 1875 Jul 1875 Jul 1875 Aug 1875 Aug 1875 Nov 1875 Mar 1876 Mar 1876 Mar 1876 Apr 1876 Apr 1876 Apr 1876 May 1876 May 1876 May 1876 Jun 1876 Jun 1876 Jun 1876 Oct 1877 Oct 1877 Oct 1877 Nov 1877 Nov 1877 Dec 1877 May 1879 Jun 1879 Jun 1879 Jul 1879 Jul 1879 Jul 1879 Sep 1879 Sep 1879 Oct 1879 Oct 1879 Nov 1879 Nov 1879 Dec 1879 Dec 1879 Dec 1879 Dec 1879 Dec 1879 Dec 1879 Apr 1880 May 1880 May 1880 May 1880 May 1880 May 1880 Oct 1881 Oct 1881 Nov 1881 Nov 1881 Nov 1881 Nov 1881 Nov 1881 Nov 1881 Nov 1881 Nov 1881 Dec 1881 Dec 1881 Dec 1881 Dec 1881 Dec 1881 Dec 1881 Dec 1881 Dec 1881 Jan 1882 Jan 1882 Feb 1882 Feb 1882 Mar 1882 Mar 1882 Mar 1882 Mar 1882 Mar 1882 Apr 1882 Apr 1882 Apr 1882 May 1882 May 1882 May 1882 May 1882 Mar 1883 Jul 1884 Jul 1884 Oct 1884 Dec 1884 Dec 1884 Jan 1885 May 1885 Jun 1885 Jun 1885 Jul 1885 Jul 1885 Jul 1885 Jan 1886 Jan 1886 Jan 1886 May 1886 May 1886 Jul 1886 Nov 1886 Nov 1886 Dec 1886 Jan 1887 Jan 1887 Mar 1887 |
Withdrawn Nov 1926 Jun 1933 Dec 1903 Jul 1904 Nov 1948 * Aug 1949 * Dec 1912 Apr 1904 Jul 1904 Oct 1904 Jul 1906 Oct 1934 Aug 1933 May 1936 Feb 1937 Sep 1938 Nov 1926 Feb 1950 * Jun 1913 Aug 1933 Nov 1912 Jul 1906 Feb 1934 Nov 1925 Oct 1940 Nov 1940 Nov 1943 Dec 1912 Jan 1936 Jun 1913 Aug 1940 Jun 1933 Feb 1944 Nov 1926 Jul 1923 Feb 1948 * Jun 1937 Dec 1933 Dec 1925 Nov 1926 May 1936 Sep 1937 Oct 1926 Dec 1925 Mar 1936 Jul 1948 * May 1937 Jul 1948 * Dec 1951 * Nov 1927 Feb 1936 Nov 1948 * Jun 1926 Dec 1926 Feb 1950 * Oct 1940 Dec 1935 Nov 1926 Aug 1926 Jul 1936 Jan 1936 Sep 1948 Jul 1940 Jun 1928 Aug 1925 Sep 1926 Feb 1950 * May 1949 * Nov 1926 Aug 1940 Dec 1925 Mar 1948 * Aug 1946 Jul 1933 Jul 1925 Oct 1925 May 1949 * Nov 1926 Nov 1926 Apr 1938 Jun 1933 Apr 1938 Nov 1925 Apr 1926 Sep 1950 * Sep 1949 * Nov 1940 Jan 1947 Dec 1933 Nov 1926 Nov 1926 Mar 1948 * Jul 1946 May 1938 Apr 1933 Jun 1913 Nov 1926 Nov 1926 Jun 1934 Jan 1935 Aug 1944 Sep 1933 Jun 1944 Jun 1926 Nov 1947 Aug 1933 Mar 1939 Jun 1940 Aug 1940 Mar 1925 Jun 1940 Jul 1923 Jul 1925 Feb 1927 Nov 1933 Aug 1946 Apr 1925 Sep 1946 Mar 1946 ¶ May 1940 Nov 1948 * Jul 1951 * Sep 1927 Mar 1948 * Oct 1927 |
# Between 1923 and 1928 SR numbers were the LBSCR numbers with the added prefix 'B' § Re-built as class D1x 3 December 1910 ¶ sold to the County Mental Hospital, Whittingham for £750 and worked on that private railway as James Fryar until eventual withdrawal in 1955 when the boiler expired and it was laid aside and sadly scrapped when the CMHW line closed. * Although these locos were taken into BR stock, they didn't carry 32xxx numbers. |
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