old - South Western Railway Class C4 0-4-0T
The SWR Class C4 is a class of small 0-4-0T steam locomotive built by the South Western Railway for shunting duties. They were nicknamed "Duckies".
Construction History:
The class originates in the purchase of three side tank locomotives ordered from Thomas Bates & Co. in 1886. They were fitted with an 8-foot-10-inch (2.69 m) long, 3-foot-0-inch (914 mm) diameter boiler pressed to 140 lbf/in2 (965 kPa) powering two outside 13-by-18-inch (330 mm × 457 mm) cylinders connected to 3-foot-0-inch (914 mm) driving wheels. The wheelbase was 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) and the total heating surface of the saturated boiler was 475.75 sq ft (44.20 m2).
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