LCDR Tiger class

what is it?

The LCDR Tiger class was a class of twenty-four steam 4-4-0 locomotives. They were designed by Thomas Russell Crampton for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) as general purpose passenger locomotives. Between 1859 and 1860, the LCDR board considered the need for new locomotives to operate lines then under construction.

who runs it

base stats

• built 24made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 165 years ago, in 1861.
• ⌛Served for 46 years (1861–1907).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1861–1862

in service from

1861

retired

1907

status

retired

number built

24

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

Peto, Brassey and Betts, Avonside Engine Company, R. & W. Hawthorn, Slaughter, Grüning and Company, The Canada Works

operators

London, Chatham and Dover Railway, South Eastern and Chatham Railway

top speed

—

power

—

wheel arrangement

4-4-0 rebuilt as 2-4-0

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.