SER F class

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	James Stirling
Build date	1883–1898
Total produced	88

Specifications
Configuration	4-4-0
UIC class	2′B n2
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	7 ft 0 in (2.134 m)
Loco weight	42.5 long tons (43.2 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Boiler pressure	160 lbf/in² (1.10 MPa)
Cylinders	Two,
Cylinder size	19 in × 26 in (483 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson

Performance figures
Tractive effort	15,195 lbf (67.6 kN)

Career
Operators	South Eastern Railway → South Eastern and Chatham Railway → Southern Railway
Class	F
Number in class	1 January 1923: 12
Withdrawn	1925–1930
Disposition	All scrapped

The SER F class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives of the South Eastern Railway. The class was designed by James Stirling and introduced in 1883.^[1]

Rebuilding

The locomotives passed to the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1899 and 76 were rebuilt by Harry Wainwright to Class F1 between 1903 and 1919.

Numbering

Twelve unrebuilt locomotives survived into Southern Railway ownership on 1 January 1923 with random numbers between 22 and 241. All had been withdrawn by 1930.

Accidents and incidents

On 21 March 1898, F class locomotive No. 205 was hauling a passenger train which was in a rear-end collision with another at St Johns. London due to a signalman's error. Three people were killed and twenty were injured.^[2]

References

↑ Casserley, H.C. and Johnston, S.W., Locomotives at the Grouping 1, Southern Railway, page 24, Ian Allan, 1974, ISBN 0-7110-0552-4
↑ Trevena, Arthur (1981). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 10. ISBN 0-906899-03-6.

South Eastern and Chatham Railway Locomotives

SER

B. Cubitt (1842–1845)	13 1 (1841) 7 19 23

J. Cudworth (1845–1876)	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 (1876–1877)	259

R. C. Mansell (1877–1878)	58

J. Stirling (1878–1898)	A B F O Q R

LCDR

J. Cubitt & T. R. Crampton (1853–1860)	Sondes Tiger (G Class) Echo (K Class)

Secondhand (1860–1861)	Meteor Swale Magnet Hercules Aeolus ex-LNWR 2-2-0s Brigand (O Class) Ruby (S Class)

W. Martley (1860–1874)	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 (1874–1899)	A A1 A2 B B1 B2 M M1 M2 M3 R R1 T

SECR

Harry Wainwright (1899–1913)	B1 C D E F1 H J L O1 P Q1 R1

R. E. L. Maunsell (1913–1922)	D1 E1 K and K1 N N1 S

Others

William Pickersgill (GNoS)	G

John Ramsbottom	Ironclads

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