London, Brighton & South Coast Craven No. 98
Great Britain 1859 1 produced
This was a single tank engine built for light duties on branch lines. Special features were an outside sandwich frame in which the carrying axles were mounted and an inside frame made of metal in which the driving axle was mounted. It left the Brighton Works in 1859 and initially bore no name. In 1873 it was christened “Seaford” and renumbered twice. There are reports of two accidents involving it. It was retired in September 1879 after being used on the Bognor branch.
Technical data
General
- Built
- 1859
- Manufacturers
- Brighton
- Wheel arrangement
- 2-2-2T (Jenny Lind)
- Gauge
- 1,435 mm (Standard gauge)
Dimensions and weights
- Wheelbase
- 4.12 m
- Service mass
- 28.7 t
- Adhesion mass
- 10.2 t
- Rigid wheelbase
- 4.12 m
- Axle load
- 10.2 t
- Water capacity
- 2,317 l
Power plant
- Driver diameter
- 1,676 mm
- Expansion type
- simple expansion
- Cylinders
- two, 381 x 508 mm
Power
- Power source
- steam
Calculated values
- Adhesive weight/Total
- 1 : 2.82
