LMS Stanier Class 8F

Infobox Locomotive
powertype=Steam
name = LMS Stanier Class 8F


caption = An unidentified 8F with a coal train (a typical duty) in 1966.
designer = William Stanier
builder = LMS Crewe Works
LMS Horwich Works
Vulcan Foundry
North British Locomotive Co.
(also GWR Swindon Works
LNER Darlington Works
LNER Doncaster Works
SR Eastleigh Works
SR Ashford Works
SR Brighton Works
Beyer, Peacock & Co.
for REC and MoS orders)
builddate = 1935-1946
totalproduction = 852
whytetype = 2-8-0
uicclass= 1'Dh
gauge = RailGauge|ussg
leadingsize = convert|39.5|in|m|3|abbr=on
driversize = convert|56.5|in|m|3|abbr=on
length = 63 ft 0½ in
weight = loco: convert|72.10|LT|t|1
fueltype = Coal
fuelc
convert|9|LT|t|1
waterc
convert|4000|impgal|l|abbr=on|lk=on
cylindercount = Two, outside
cylindersize = 18½×28 in (470×711 mm)
boiler = LMS type 3C
tubearea = convert|1479|sqft|abbr=on
superheaterarea= 215–245 sq ft (20.0–22.8 m²)
fireboxarea = convert|171|sqft|abbr=on
firearea = convert|28.5|sqft|abbr=on
boilerpressure = convert|225|psi|MPa|2|abbr=on|lk=on
tractiveeffort = convert|32440|lbf|kN|abbr=on|lk=on
railroadclass = LMS & BR: 7F, later 8F
retiredate = 1960–1968 (BR service)
disposition = The London Midland and Scottish Railway's 8F class 2-8-0 heavy freight locomotive is a class of steam locomotive designed for hauling heavy freight. 852 were built between 1935 and 1946 as a freight version of William Stanier's successful black five, and the class saw service overseas during the Second World War.

Background

LMS freight traction was poor, the adoption of the Midland Railway's small engine policy had left it with trains double-headed by underpowered 0-6-0s supplemented by inadequate Garratts and Fowler 7F 0-8-0s.

Incorporating two-cylinder arrangement of the black fives. They were initially classified 7F, but this was later changed to the more familiar 8F.

On the outbreak of the Second World War, the design was chosen to become the country's standard freight design, reprising the role the GCR 8K Class had in the Great War.

Construction

Service

The War Department had 208 built by Beyer Peacock and North British Locomotive Company and requisitioned 51 more. Many saw service overseas in Egypt, Turkey (TCDD 45151 Class), Iraq, Palestine and Italy (FS Class 737). By 1943 however, it was decided to build a cheaper version and this resulted in the WD Austerity 2-8-0. During the war the LNER ordered 68 for its own use, classifying them O6, and examples were also built at Swindon. 39 returned to Britain at the end of the war and 666 entered British Railways service.Locomotive No 48600 was used in the 1953 Glenn Ford movie,'Terror on a Train'.

The British examples were withdrawn over the period 1962–1968. Some however continued to work in Turkey into the 1980s.

Preservation

Eleven LMS/BR locomotives have been preserved, and an eighth member of the class has been repatriated from Turkey. In addition, several Turkish Railway (TCCD) locomotives have been preserved in Turkey, and at least one locomotive is believed to exist in Iraq. The complete list is shown below. Two more are also visible underwater on the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm.

Gallery

ee also

* SS Thistlegorm

External links

* [http://www.8fsociety.co.uk/ The Stanier 8F Locomotive Society]

References

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