LCDR Aeolus class

Aeolus class
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderRobert Stephenson & Co.
Build dateSeptember 1860 - April 1861
Total produced4
RebuilderLCDR's Longhedge works
Rebuild date1872–73
Number rebuilt4
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Career
Operators
ClassAeolus, S
Numbers
  • 71–74 (LCDR)
  • 530–533 (SECR)
LocaleGreat Britain
WithdrawnJuly 1905 – November 1909

The LCDR Aeolus class was a class of four 4-4-0 steam locomotives. They were supplied to the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) by R. & W. Hawthorn & Co. acting as agents for Robert Stephenson & Co. which built the locomotives, but had subcontracted some components to Hawthorn.[1] They were delivered to the LCDR between September 1860 and April 1861.[2] They were all renewed by William Martley as 2-4-0T at the LCDR's Longhedge works in 1872–73, using components from the original locomotives, including the boilers.[3]

Like other LCDR locomotives delivered prior to 1874, the locomotives originally had no numbers, being distinguished by name.[4] In November 1875, William Kirtley (who had replaced Martley following the latter's death in 1874) allotted the class letter S.[5] The locomotives were then given the numbers 71–74. During 1886–88, the locomotives were rebuilt with new boilers.[6] They passed to the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) at the start of 1899, and their numbers were increased by 459 to avoid duplication with former South Eastern Railway locomotives.[6] Withdrawal commenced in July 1905, but since all of their numbers were required for new locomotives of the SECR H class, the remaining locomotives were transferred to the duplicate list the same month, but only two are known to have been renumbered; the last was withdrawn in November 1909.[6]

Name Works no. Delivered Renewed LCDR Number Reboilered SECR Number Withdrawn
Aeolus 1207 September 1860 May 1873 71 June 1887 530 July 1905
Bacchus 1208 November 1860 September 1872 72 June 1887 531; 531A from July 1905 November 1909
Vulcan 1209 March 1861 February 1873 73 February 1888 532; 532A from July 1905 April 1906
Comus 1210 April 1861 January 1873 74 March 1886 533; allotted 533A in July 1905 July 1905

Notes

  1. ^ Bradley 1979, p. 27.
  2. ^ Bradley 1979, p. 29.
  3. ^ Bradley 1979, pp. 27, 28.
  4. ^ Dendy Marshall & Kidner 1963, p. 349.
  5. ^ Bradley 1979, pp. 8, 14.
  6. ^ a b c Bradley 1979, pp. 28, 29.

References

  • Bradley, D.L. (March 1979) [1960]. The Locomotive History of the London, Chatham & Dover Railway (2nd ed.). London: RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-47-9. OCLC 59838998.
  • Dendy Marshall, C.F.; Kidner, R.W. (1963) [1937]. History of the Southern Railway (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0059-X.
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