LCDR Echo class
The LCDR Echo class was a class of five steam locomotives, initially of the 4-2-0 wheel arrangement. They were designed by Thomas Russell Crampton for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) as "1st class fast passenger" locomotives.
During 1859–60 the LCDR board considered the need for new locomotives to operate lines then under construction. After consultation with various engineers, including Charles Patrick Stewart (of Sharp, Stewart and Company), Robert Sinclair (of the Eastern Counties Railway) and Crampton, they decided upon forty new locomotives: eight 1st class fast locomotives, seventeen general purpose passenger locomotives, and fifteen goods locomotives. After discussion with William Martley, the quantities needed for the two passenger types were revised to five and 24 respectively. Tenders were sought, and these were considered in July 1860, when orders were placed with several firms for what were to become the Echo, Tiger and Acis classes.[1]
The Echo class were ordered from the firm of
Like other LCDR locomotives delivered prior to 1874, the locomotives had no numbers at first, being distinguished by name.
Name | Works no. | Built | Rebuilt | LCDR Number | SECR Number | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coquette |
1381 | April 1862 | October 1863 | 28 | 487; 487A from August 1902 | August 1906 |
Echo | 1382 | March 1862 | May 1863 | 27 | (486) | July 1901 |
Flora |
1383 | April 1862 | December 1863 | 29 | 488; 488A from September 1902 | July 1903 |
Flirt |
1384 | May 1862 | January 1864 | 30 | – | November 1896 |
Sylph | 1385 | May 1862 | February 1864 | 31 | 490 | October 1902 |
Notes
- ^ Bradley 1979, p. 33.
- ^ Bradley 1979, pp. 33, 38.
- ^ Bradley 1979, pp. 34, 38, 42.
- ^ a b Bradley 1979, p. 40.
- ^ Bradley 1979, p. 39.
- ^ Dendy Marshall & Kidner 1963, p. 349.
- ^ Bradley 1979, pp. 8, 14.
References
- Bradley, D.L. (March 1979) [1960]. The Locomotive History of the London, Chatham & Dover Railway (2nd ed.). London: OCLC 59838998.
- Dendy Marshall, C.F.; Kidner, R.W. (1963) [1937]. History of the Southern Railway (2nd ed.). Shepperton: ISBN 0-7110-0059-X.