LSWR X6 class

LSWR X6 class

No. 666 was built 1892, withdrawn 1943 and dumped at Eastleigh - 11 July 1946
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer William Adams
Builder LSWR Nine Elms Works
Build date 1895–1896
Total produced 10
Specifications
Configuration 4-4-0
UIC class 2'Bn
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia. 3 ft 7 in (1.092 m)
Driver dia. 6 ft 7 in (2.007 m)
Length 54 ft 5 3⁄8 in (16.60 m)
Height 13 ft 2 3⁄4 in (4.03 m)
Fuel type Coal
Boiler pressure 175 psi (1.21 MPa)
Cylinders Two, outside
Cylinder size 19 in × 26 in (483 mm × 660 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort 17,673 lbf (78.6 kN)
Career
Operators LSWR · Southern Railway
Class X6
Power class SR: I
Withdrawn 1933–1946
Disposition All scrapped

The LSWR X6 class was a class of express passenger 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed for the London and South Western Railway by William Adams. Ten were constructed at Nine Elms Locomotive Works between 1885–1886.

The class were numbered 657–666, and just as the T3 class were a smaller-wheeled version of the X2 class, the X6 class were a smaller-wheeled version of the T6 class. The boiler was identical to that used the T6 class.[1] Some of the engines were subsequently fitted with a Drummond boiler, including No. 658 which was the last Adams 4-4-0 to remain in service.[2]

Table of locomotive orders
Year Order Quantity LSWR Numbers Notes
1895 X6 10 657–666

All passed to the Southern Railway at the grouping in 1923. Withdrawals started in 1933, and by the start of World War II, only six remained. Five were retired during the war, leaving only No. 658, which was withdrawn in December 1946. All were scrapped.

References

  1. ↑ Russell 1991, p. 187.
  2. ↑ Burtt 1949, p. 44.
  • Burtt, F. (March 1949). Morris, O.J., ed. LSWR Locomotives: A Survey 1873-1922. London: Ian Allan. 21/230/50/349. 
  • Russell, J. H. (1991). A Pictorial Record of Southern Locomotives. OPC-Haynes. pp. 187–188. 
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