LCDR Tiger class

The LCDR Tiger class was a class of twenty-four steam locomotives of the 4-4-0 wheel arrangement. They were designed by Thomas Russell Crampton for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) as general purpose passenger locomotives.

During 1859–60 the LCDR board considered the need for new locomotives to operate lines then under construction. After consultation with various engineers, including Charles Patrick Stewart (of Sharp, Stewart and Company), Robert Sinclair (of the Eastern Counties Railway) and Crampton, they decided upon forty new locomotives: eight 1st class fast locomotives, seventeen general purpose passenger locomotives, and fifteen goods locomotives. After discussion with William Martley, the quantities needed for the two passenger types were revised to five and 24 respectively. Tenders were sought, and these were considered in July 1860, when orders were placed with several firms for what were to become the Echo, Tiger and Acis classes.^[1]

The Tiger class, comprising 24 general purpose passenger locomotives, were ordered from three firms: Peto, Brassey and Betts were to build ten at £3,280 each; Slaughter, Gruning & Co. were to build six at £3,300 each; and R. & W. Hawthorn & Co. would build eight at £3,415 each.^[1] As with the Echo and Acis classes, the locomotives were equipped with the Cudworth coal-burning firebox.^[2] They were delivered to the LCDR between August 1861 and August 1862.^[3] During 1862–65, the locomotives were rebuilt.^[4]

Like other LCDR locomotives delivered prior to 1874, the locomotives had no numbers at first, being distinguished by name.^[5] In November 1875, William Kirtley (who had replaced Martley following the latter's death in 1874) allotted the class letter G.^[6] The locomotives were then given the numbers 3–26. Withdrawal began in January 1892, and by the time that the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) was formed at the start of 1899, nine remained in service. Of these, four were transferred directly to the duplicate list and had their LCDR numbers suffixed with the letter A; four had their numbers increased by 459 to avoid duplication with former South Eastern Railway locomotives; and one was both increased by 459 and suffixed A.^[7] The last one was withdrawn in March 1907.^[3]

Name	Builder	Works no.	Built	Rebuilt	LCDR Number	SECR Number	Withdrawn
Falcon	Peto, Brassey & Betts	—	000000001861-08-01-0000August 1861	1863	3	—	000000001897-04-01-0000April 1897
Vulture	Peto, Brassey & Betts	—	000000001861-08-01-0000August 1861	1862	4	4A	000000001903-06-01-0000June 1903
Heron	Peto, Brassey & Betts	—	000000001861-08-01-0000August 1861	1864	5	—	000000001896-10-01-0000October 1896
Stork	Peto, Brassey & Betts	—	000000001861-08-01-0000August 1861	1864	6	—	000000001898-04-01-0000April 1898
Swift	Peto, Brassey & Betts	—	000000001861-09-01-0000September 1861	1862	7	—	000000001897-07-01-0000July 1897
Dottrel	Peto, Brassey & Betts	—	000000001861-09-01-0000September 1861	1864	8	8A	000000001903-06-01-0000June 1903
Swallow	Peto, Brassey & Betts	—	000000001861-10-01-0000October 1861	1863	9	9A	000000001904-09-01-0000September 1904
Ostrich	Peto, Brassey & Betts	—	000000001861-10-01-0000October 1861	1863	10	10A	000000001904-11-01-0000November 1904
Petrel	Peto, Brassey & Betts	—	000000001861-10-01-0000October 1861	1863	11	470	000000001905-03-01-0000March 1905
Pelican	Peto, Brassey & Betts	—	000000001861-11-01-0000November 1861	1865	12	—	000000001895-05-01-0000May 1895
Lynx	Slaughter, Gruning	446	000000001861-11-01-0000November 1861	1863	13	—	000000001896-02-01-0000February 1896
Gorilla	Slaughter, Gruning	447	000000001861-11-01-0000November 1861	1865	14	—	000000001892-01-01-0000January 1892
Tiger	Slaughter, Gruning	448	000000001861-12-01-0000December 1861	1863	16	—	000000001893-11-01-0000November 1893
Leopard	Slaughter, Gruning	449	000000001861-12-01-0000December 1861	1865	18	477	000000001907-03-01-0000March 1907
Jackall	Slaughter, Gruning	450	000000001862-01-01-0000January 1862	1863	19	—	000000001896-11-01-0000November 1896
Panther	Slaughter, Gruning	451	000000001862-02-01-0000February 1862	1863	21	480	000000001904-01-01-0000January 1904
Cerberus	Hawthorn	1120	000000001861-12-01-0000December 1861	1864	15	—	000000001894-10-01-0000October 1894
Gorgon	Hawthorn	1121	000000001861-12-01-0000December 1861	1864	17	—	000000001893-11-01-0000November 1893
Harpy	Hawthorn	1122	000000001862-02-01-0000February 1862	1864	20	—	000000001894-01-01-0000January 1894
Pegasus	Hawthorn	1123	000000001862-03-01-0000March 1862	1865	22	481	000000001904-12-01-0000December 1904
Satyr	Hawthorn	1124	000000001862-04-01-0000April 1862	1865	23	—	000000001896-07-01-0000July 1896
Lethe; later Sphynx	Hawthorn	1125	000000001862-05-01-0000May 1862	1865	24	—	000000001897-08-01-0000August 1897
Siren	Hawthorn	1126	000000001862-07-01-0000July 1862	1865	25; 25A from July 1892	—	000000001895-08-01-0000August 1895
Xanthus	Hawthorn	1127	000000001862-08-01-0000August 1862	1864	26	485A	000000001901-02-01-0000February 1901

Lethe was renamed Sphynx in August 1862, because the railway staff found the name difficult to pronounce.^[8]

Notes

1 2 Bradley 1979, p. 33.
↑ Bradley 1979, pp. 34, 38, 42.
1 2 Bradley 1979, p. 38.
↑ Bradley 1979, p. 35.
↑ Dendy Marshall & Kidner 1963, p. 349.
↑ Bradley 1979, pp. 8, 14.
↑ Bradley 1979, pp. 37, 38.
↑ Bradley 1979, p. 34.

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.

South Eastern and Chatham Railway Locomotives

SER

B. Cubitt (1842–1845)	13 1 (1841) 7 19 23

J. Cudworth (1845–1876)	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

A. M. Watkin (1876–1877)	259

R. C. Mansell (1877–1878)	58

J. Stirling (1878–1898)	A B F O Q R

LCDR

J. Cubitt & T. R. Crampton (1853–1860)	Sondes Tiger (G Class) Echo (K Class)

Secondhand (1860–1861)	Meteor Swale Magnet Hercules Aeolus ex-LNWR 2-2-0s Brigand (O Class) Ruby (S Class)

W. Martley (1860–1874)	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)

W. Kirtley (1874–1899)	A A1 A2 B B1 B2 M M1 M2 M3 R R1 T

SECR

Harry Wainwright (1899–1913)	B1 C D E F1 H J L O1 P Q1 R1

R. E. L. Maunsell (1913–1922)	D1 E1 K and K1 N N1 S

Others

William Pickersgill (GNoS)	G

John Ramsbottom	Ironclads

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