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| Class | SECR/SR: F1 |
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| Number in class | 1 January 1923: 75 |
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| Nicknames | Jumbo |
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| Withdrawn | 1920–1949 |
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| Disposition | All scrapped |
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The SECR F1 class was a series of 4-4-0 steam locomotives operated by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. These locomotives were rebuilt from older Stirling F class locomotives by Harry Wainwright between 1903 and 1919.[1]
Numbering
Seventy-six locomotives were rebuilt, and 75 survived into Southern Railway (SR) ownership as of 1 January 1923. They were assigned random numbers ranging between 2 and 250. Nine locomotives survived into British Railways (BR) ownership in 1948.[2] Numbers of these nine were:
| SECR no.
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SR no.
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BR no.
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| 2
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1002
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31002
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| 28
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1028
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31028
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| 31
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1031
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31031
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| 42
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1042
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31042
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| 78
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1078
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31078
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| 105
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1105
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31105
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| 151
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1151
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31151
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| 215
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1215
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31215
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| 231
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1231
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31231
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Accidents and incidents
- In August 1926, a F1 class locomotive overran buffers at London Bridge and crashed into a brewery.[3]
- On 19 August 1928 A148 was deliberately crashed into a lorry at Lasham, between Basingstoke and Alton, for the film 'the Wrecker'. The remains were cut up on site.[4]
References
- ^ Casserley, H.C. and Johnston, S.W., Locomotives at the Grouping 1, Southern Railway, page 25, Ian Allan, 1974, ISBN 0711005524
- ^ "Rail UK Steam Loco Class Information". Railuk.info. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ Trevena, Arthur (1980). Trains in Trouble. Vol. 1. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 34. ISBN 0-906899-01-X.
- ^ Holcroft. Locomotive Adventure Vol 2.