LB&SCR D2 class

London Brighton and South Coast Railway Class D2

D2 No.312 Albion c. 1880
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer William Stroudley
Builder Brighton Works
Build date 1876–1883
Specifications
Configuration 0-4-2
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver diameter 5 ft 6 in (1.676 m)
Loco weight 34 tons 6 cwt (76,800 lb or 34.8 t)
Boiler pressure 140 psi (0.97 MPa)
Cylinders Two
Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort 12,506 lbf (55.6 kN)
Career
Operators London Brighton and South Coast Railway
Class D2
Numbers 300–313
Locale Great Britain
First run 1876
Withdrawn 1902–1907
Disposition All scrapped

The LB&SCR D2 class, 0-4-2 suburban passenger locomotives, were designed by William Stroudley of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1876. They were developed from his successful "D-tank" class of 1873.

Pre-Grouping

For a complete list of the class, see List of LB&SCR D2 class locomotives.

The 14 locomotives in this class were built at Brighton railway works and appeared in traffic between September 1876 and October 1883, intended for those duties where the limited water supply of a “D-tank” might prove to be a handicap. They were frequently employed on lightly loaded fast continental boat trains between London and Newhaven, and so were named after European cities. Thus they were frequently known as the “Lyons Class”, after the first locomotive No.300 Lyons.

The class performed well for a quarter of a century, and achieved good mileages but when they began to require major repairs, it was decided to withdraw the class and use the newer B2 and C2 class locomotives in their place. The first two locomotives were withdrawn in November 1902 and the final two in March 1907. No examples survived into preservation.

Locomotive summary

Sources

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