| 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| Withdrawn | 1920–1949 |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 class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. The class was 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 on 1 January 1923 with random numbers between 2 and 250. Nine locomotives survived into British Railways (BR) ownership in 1948.[2] Numbers of these nine were:
| SECR no. | SR no. | BR no. |
| 2 | 1002 | 31002 |
| 28 | 1028 | 31028 |
| 31 | 1031 | 31031 |
| 42 | 1042 | 31042 |
| 78 | 1078 | 31078 |
| 105 | 1105 | 31105 |
| 151 | 1151 | 31151 |
| 215 | 1215 | 31215 |
| 231 | 1231 | 31231 |
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.[full citation needed]
| SER | | B. Cubitt (1842–45) | |
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| J. Cudworth (1845–76) | - 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
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| A. M. Watkin (1876–77) | |
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| R. C. Mansell (1877–78) | |
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| J. Stirling (1878–98) | |
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| LCDR | | J. Cubitt & T. R. Crampton (1853–60) | |
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| Secondhand (1860–61) | - Meteor
- Swale
- Magnet
- Hercules
- Aeolus
- ex-LNWR 2-2-0s
- Brigand (O Class)
- Ruby (S Class)
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| W. Martley (1860–74) | - 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)
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| W. Kirtley (1874–99) | |
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| Others | |
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