LCDR Acis class

what is it?

The LCDR Acis class was a class of fourteen 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed by William Martley for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) to haul goods trains. Between 1859 and 1860, 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 Thomas Russell Crampton, they decided upon forty new locomotives: eight 1st class fast locomotives, seventeen general purpose passenger locomotives, and fifteen goods locomotives.

who runs it

base stats

• built 14made 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 47 years (1861–1908).

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

1908

status

retired

number built

14

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

Sharp, Stewart and Company, Robert Stephenson and Company

designer

William Martley

operators

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

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

0-6-0

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