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 ¹⁄₂ 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Withdrawn	1902–1907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 The first two locomotives were withdrawn in November 1902 and the final two in March 1907.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

D2 class locomotive fleet summary
First No.	Build date	Second No.	Date renumbered	LBSCR Name	Withdrawn
300	000000001876-09-01-0000September 1876			Lyons	000000001903-06-01-0000June 1903
301	000000001877-03-01-0000March 1877			Caen	000000001902-11-01-0000November 1902
302	000000001878-01-01-0000January 1878			Turin	000000001904-07-01-0000July 1904
303	000000001878-01-01-0000January 1878			Milan	000000001903-06-01-0000June 1903
304	000000001877-12-01-0000December 1877			Nice	000000001904-07-01-0000July 1904
305	000000001877-12-01-0000December 1877			Genoa	000000001904-12-01-0000December 1904
306	000000001878-04-01-0000April 1878			Naples	000000001904-12-01-0000December 1904
307	000000001878-04-01-0000April 1878			Venice	000000001902-11-01-0000November 1902
308	000000001883-07-01-0000July 1883			Como	000000001904-12-01-0000December 1904
309	000000001883-07-01-0000July 1883	609	000000001906-09-01-0000September 1906	Splugen	000000001907-03-01-0000March 1907
310	000000001883-07-01-0000July 1883			Laval	000000001906-07-01-0000July 1906
311	000000001883-07-01-0000July 1883			Rhone	000000001907-01-01-0000January 1907
312	000000001883-09-01-0000September 1883	612	000000001905-03-01-0000March 1905	Albion	000000001907-02-01-0000February 1907
313	000000001883-10-01-0000October 1883	613	000000001905-03-01-0000March 1905	Paris	000000001907-03-01-0000March 1907

Sources

Bradley, D.L. (1972) The locomotives of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway: Part 2, The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, ISBN 0-901115-21-5
Searle, David The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway http://www.lbscr.demon.co.uk/locos/D2.html

London, Brighton and South Coast Railway locomotives

London and Brighton Railway (1841-1846)	Early locomotives

J. C. Craven (1847–1869)	Craven Locomotives

W. Stroudley (1870–1889)	A1 (list) B1 (list) C C1 D1 (list) D2 (list) E1 G Belgravia Richmond

R. J. Billinton (1890–1904)	B2 B3 B4 C2 D3 E3 E4 E5 E6

D. E. Marsh (1905–1911)	A1X B2X C2X C3 E4X E5X E6X H1 H2 I1 I2 I3 I4 J1 J2

L. B. Billinton (1911–1922)	B4X E2 K L

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