Metropolitan Railway C Class

Metropolitan Railway C Class

Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Neilson and Company Serial number 4252–4255 Build date 1891 Total produced 4

Specifications Configuration 0-4-4T UIC class B2′ n2t Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Fuel type Coal Cylinders Two, inside

Career Operators Metropolitan Railway Class C class Number in class 4 Numbers 67-70 Disposition No. 69 sold around 1920, others scrapped

The Metropolitan Railway C class was a group of four 0-4-4T steam tank locomotives built in 1891 by Neilson and Company. They were to a design by James Stirling, originally the Q class of the South Eastern Railway,^[1] and were fitted with condensing apparatus for working in tunnels.

References

1. Casserley, H.C. (1977). The Later Years of Metropolitan Steam. Truro: D.Bradford Barton. p. 7. ISBN 0-85153-327-2.