LB&SCR C2 class

LB&SCR C2 class

Infobox Locomotive
powertype=Steam
name = LB&SCR C2 Class



caption = 2436 at Brighton in 1948.
designer = R. J. Billinton
builder = Vulcan Foundry
builddate = 1893-1902
totalproduction =
whytetype = 0-6-0
gauge = RailGauge|ussg
driversize = convert|60|in|m|3|abbr=on
length =
weight = convert|45.25|LT|t|1
fueltype = coal
fuelc

waterc

cylindercount = Two, inside
cylindersize = 17.5 x 26 in
firearea =
boilerpressure = convert|170|psi|MPa|2|abbr=on|lk=on
tractiveeffort = convert|19175|lbf|kN|2|abbr=on|lk=on
railroadclass=2F
retirtedate=
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway C2 Class was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives, intended for freight trains. 55 were built by the Vulcan Foundry between 1893 and 1902 to the design of Robert J. Billinton. The were nicknamed 'Vulcans'.

Rebuilding

During the first decade of the twentieth century the railway experienced a considerable growth in traffic and by 1908 the class were no longer capable of hauling the heaviest trains without loss of time. Douglas Earle Marsh therefore rebuilt one example with a larger boiler in that year which was classified "C2X". All but ten of the class were similarly rebuilt over the next thirty years.

Numbering

All the locomotives passed to the Southern Railway in 1923 and most passed to British Railways in 1948.

* LB&SCR 433-555
* SR 2433-2555
* BR 32434-32554 (2433, 2555 and several others had been withdrawn before 1948)

Withdrawal

The surviving C2 locomotives were all withdrawn between 1935 and 1950, but most of the C2X rebuilds lasted until the early 1960s. The last two survivors were withdrawn in February 1962.

External links

* [http://www.semgonline.com/steam/c2-c2x_01.html Semg gallery]


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