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SECR F1 class

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Power type
  
Steam

Builder
  
Ashford Works

Number rebuilt
  
76

Designer
  
Harry Wainwright

Rebuild date
  
1903–1919

Configuration
  
4-4-0

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.

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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. Numbers of these nine were:

Accidents and incidents

  • In August 1926, a F1 class locomotive overran buffers at London Bridge and crashed into a brewery.

    • References

    SECR F1 class Wikipedia
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