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Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-4-0
• UIC	2′B n2
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	6 ft 6 in (1.981 m)
Loco weight	73 long tons 16 cwt (75.0 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Boiler pressure	140 psi (0.97 MPa)
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	17+1⁄2 in × 26 in (444 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	William Kirtley
Builder	Neilson and Company
Serial number	2221–2226
Build date	1877
Total produced	6

LCDR M class
LCDR M class
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	William Kirtley
Builder	Neilson and Company
Serial number	2221–2226
Build date	1877
Total produced	6
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-4-0
• UIC	2′B n2
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	6 ft 6 in (1.981 m)
Loco weight	73 long tons 16 cwt (75.0 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Boiler pressure	140 psi (0.97 MPa)
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	17+1⁄2 in × 26 in (444 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson
Operators
Career
Operators	London, Chatham and Dover Railway; → South Eastern and Chatham Railway;
Class	M
Withdrawn	1911–1914
Disposition	All scrapped

The LCDR M class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway. The class was designed by William Kirtley and introduced in 1877, intended for the heaviest express services between London and Dover.^[1]

History

William Kirtley took over as locomotive superintendent of the railway following the death of William Martley in 1874. Martley's Europa class 2-4-0 were performing well on the lightly loaded Dover-Flushing boat trains but a larger engine was required for some of the heavier services on the main line. Kirtley therefore designed a 4-4-0 for this purpose. The six locomotives were built by Neilson and Company of Glasgow and introduced during June and July 1877. They proved to be successful for these tasks and were only superseded on the heaviest trains by the larger M3 class The locomotives passed to the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1899 and were considered to be sufficiently useful to be worth re-boilering between 1899 and 1903.^[2] The class was withdrawn and scrapped from 1911 to 1914.