LCDR B2 class

The LCDR B2 class was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway. The class was designed by William Kirtley and introduced in 1891.[1]

LCDR B2 class

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	William Kirtley
Build date	1891
Total produced	6

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	0-6-0
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	5 ft 0 in (1.524 m)
Loco weight	39.3 long tons (39.9 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Boiler pressure	160 psi (1.10 MPa)
Cylinders	Two, Stephenson valve gear
Cylinder size	18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm)

Performance figures
Tractive effort	19,095 lbf (84.9 kN)

Career
Operators	LCDR · SECR · SR
Class	B2
Number in class	1 January 1923: 6
Withdrawn	1929-1933
Disposition	All scrapped

Ownership changes

The locomotives passed to the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1899. All 6 (LCDR nos. 652-657) survived into Southern Railway ownership in 1923. They had all been withdrawn by 1933.

References

Casserley, H.C.; Johnston, S.W. (1974). Locomotives at the Grouping 1, Southern Railway. Ian Allan. p. 12. ISBN 0711005524.

South Eastern and Chatham Railway Locomotives

B. Cubitt (1842–45)	13 1 (1841) 7 19 23
J. Cudworth (1845–76)	1 (1846) 88 68 115 144 27 81 134 152 47 95 6 21 113 59 179 118 19 205 10 235 (G1) 124 171 152
A. M. Watkin (1876–77)	259
R. C. Mansell (1877–78)	58
J. Stirling (1878–98)	A B F O Q R

J. Cubitt & T. R. Crampton (1853–60)	Sondes Tiger (G Class) Echo (K Class)
Secondhand (1860–61)	Meteor Swale Magnet Hercules Aeolus ex-LNWR 2-2-0s Brigand (O Class) Ruby (S Class)
W. Martley (1860–74)	Acis (H Class) Adrian (J Class) Huz New Aeolus (S Class) Rose (Q Class) Second Sondes (F Class) Scotchmen (E Class) Large Scotchmen (D Class) Dawn (N Class) Bluebell (P Class) Reindeer (L Class) Enigma (L Class) Europa (C Class)
W. Kirtley (1874–99)	A A1 A2 B B1 B2 M M1 M2 M3 R R1 T

Harry Wainwright (1899–1913)	B1 C D E F1 H J L O1 P Q1 R1
R. E. L. Maunsell (1913–22)	D1 E1 K and K1 N N1 S

Others

William Pickersgill (GNoS)	G
John Ramsbottom	Ironclads

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