LB&SCR B4 class
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 No. 2060 formerly named Kimberley pictured in 1948 |
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| Power type | Steam |
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| Designer | B4: R. J. Billinton B4X: L. B. Billinton |
| Build date | B4: 1899-1902 B4X: 1922-1924 |
| Configuration | 4-4-0 |
| Gauge | 4' 8½" |
| Driver size | 6' 9" |
| Locomotive weight | B4: 51 tons 10 cwt B4X: 58 tons 1 cwt |
| Fuel type | coal |
| Boiler pressure | 180 psi |
| Cylinders | two inside |
| Cylinder size | B4: 19" x 26" B4X: 20" x 26" |
| Tractive effort | B4: 17,730 lbf B4X: 19,645 lbf |
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway B4 class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives for express passenger work. They were designed by R. J. Billinton and were either built at Brighton works 1899-1902 or else by Messrs Sharp, Stewart & Co. in 1901
The B4X class was built from 1922-1924. It was a rebuild (by L. B. Billinton) of the B4 class with larger cylinders and a superheater. The locomotives passed to the Southern Railway in 1923 and the last few B4Xs were built under Southern Railway auspices.
[edit] Numbering
Withdrawals began in 1934 but six B4s and twelve B4Xs passed to British Railways in 1948 and were numbered as follows:
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All had been withdrawn by 1951. None has survived.
[edit] Sources
- Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1949, part 2, page 24
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