The LB&SCR D2 class, 0-4-2 suburban passenger locomotives, were designed by William Stroudley of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1876. They were developed from his successful "D-tank" class of 1873.

London Brighton and South Coast Railway Class D2
D2 No.312 Albion c. 1880
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerWilliam Stroudley
BuilderBrighton Works
Build date1876–1883
Total produced14
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte0-4-2
Gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.5 ft 6 in (1.676 m)
Loco weight34 long tons 6 cwt (34.9 t; 38.4 short tons)
(76,800 lb or 34,800 kg)
Boiler pressure140 psi (0.97 MPa)
CylindersTwo
Cylinder size17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort12,506 lbf (55.6 kN)
Career
OperatorsLondon Brighton and South Coast Railway
ClassD2
Numbers300–313
LocaleGreat Britain
First run1876
Withdrawn1902–1907
DispositionAll scrapped

Pre-Grouping

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The 14 locomotives in this class were built at Brighton railway works and appeared in traffic between September 1876 and October 1883, intended for those duties where the limited water supply of a "D-tank" might prove to be a handicap. They were frequently employed on lightly loaded fast continental boat trains between London and Newhaven, and so were named after European cities. Thus they were frequently known as the "Lyons Class", after the first locomotive No.300 Lyons.

The class performed well for a quarter of a century, and achieved good mileages but when they began to require major repairs, it was decided to withdraw the class and use the newer B2 and C2 class locomotives in their place. The first two locomotives were withdrawn in November 1902 and the final two in March 1907. No examples survived into preservation.

Locomotive summary

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D2 class locomotive fleet summary
First
No.
Build date Second
No.
Date
renumbered
Prev
No.
LBSCR
Name
Withdrawn
300 September 1876 Lyons June 1903
301 March 1877 Caen November 1902
302 January 1878 Turin July 1904
303 January 1878 Milan June 1903
304 December 1877 Nice July 1904
305 December 1877 Genoa December 1904
306 April 1878 Naples December 1904
307 April 1878 Venice November 1902
308 July 1883 Como December 1904
309 July 1883 609 September 1906 Splugen March 1907
310 July 1883 Laval July 1906
311 July 1883 Rhone January 1907
312 September 1883 612 March 1905 Albion February 1907
313 October 1883 613 March 1905 Paris March 1907

Sources

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  • Bradley, D.L. (1972) The locomotives of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway: Part 2, The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, ISBN 0-901115-21-5
  • Searle, David The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway https://web.archive.org/web/20080706131235/http://www.lbscr.demon.co.uk/locos/D2.html