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SER F class

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SER F class
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerJames Stirling
Build date1883–1898
Total produced88
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte4-4-0
 • UIC2′B n2
Gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.7 ft 0 in (2.134 m)
Loco weight42.5 long tons (43.2 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Boiler pressure160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa)
CylindersTwo,
Cylinder size19 in × 26 in (483 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gearStephenson
Performance figures
Tractive effort15,195 lbf (67.6 kN)
Career
Operators
ClassF
Number in class1 January 1923: 12
Withdrawn1925–1930
DispositionAll 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

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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

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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 All had been withdrawn by 1930.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

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  • On 21 March 1898, an F class locomotive 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]

References

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