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Mr. J. Ramsbottom
1858 — DX Goods
1863 — 4ft Shunter
1870 — Special Tank
Mr. F.W. Webb
1873 — 17in Coal Engine
1880 — 18in Goods
1881 — Special DX
1881 — Coal Tanks
1893 — ‘A’ class
1894 — Crane Tank
1896 — Dock Tank
1901 — ‘B’ class
1903 — 1400 Class
Mr. G. Whale
1904 — ‘C’ class
1904 — ‘E’ class
1906 — ‘D’ class
1906 — ‘F’ class
1906 — ‘G’ class
1912 — ‘G1’ class
1906 — 19in Express Goods
Mr. C.J. Bowen Cooke
1911 — 1185 class
Capt. H.P.M. Beames
1923 — 380 class
Ex GCR
1919 — ‘MM’ class
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‘F’ class
Vital Statistics |
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| Official Name |
‘F’ class |
| Nickname |
? |
| Water & Coal Storage |
Tender |
| Water Capacity |
3000 gallon |
| Coal Capacity |
5 tons |
| Wheel Arrangement |
2-8-0 |
| Driven Wheels |
Eight 4ft 5½in wheels
3rd pair flangeless |
| Carrying Wheels |
Two 3ft 0in wheels |
| Wheelbase |
6ft 4in - 5ft 9in + 5ft 9in + 5ft 9in |
| Total Wheelbase |
23ft 7in |
| Boiler |
5ft 2in diameter; 15ft 6in long |
| Boiler Pressure |
175 psi |
| Grate Area |
23.6 sq.ft. |
| Tubes |
276 |
| Total Heating Area |
2,043.2 sq.ft. |
High Pressure
Cylinders |
Two outside 15in diameter; 24in stroke |
Low Pressure
Cylinders |
Two inside 20½in diameter; 24in stroke |
| Weight in full working order |
62 tons 10 cwt |
| Designer |
Mr. G. Whale |
| Number in Class |
11 |
| Lifetime |
1906—1962 |
A further ten ‘B’ class  locomotives were similarly
converted into 2-8-0’s but were given bigger boilers , the same
diameter as the passenger ‘Precursor’ and
‘Experiment class engines.
Two ‘E’ class were also
given the bigger boiler, finally totalling eleven ‘F’
class. With two 15in high pressure and two 20½in low
pressure cylinders, this made a powerful, flexible and economic
design.
View the Genealogy of the 0-8-0 Design.
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