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The SECR K class was a type of 2-6-4 tank locomotive designed in 1914 by Richard Maunsell for express passenger duties on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR), which operated between London and south-east England. The Southern Railway (SR) K1 class was a three-cylinder variant of the K class, designed in 1925 to suit a narrower loading gauge. They were among the first non-Great Western Railway (GWR) types to use and improve upon the basic design principles of power and standardisation established by GWR Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) George Jackson Churchward. The locomotives were based on the GWR 4300 class, improved by the Midland Railway's ideals of simplicity and ease of maintenance.

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  • The SECR K class was a type of 2-6-4 tank locomotive designed in 1914 by Richard Maunsell for express passenger duties on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR), which operated between London and south-east England. The Southern Railway (SR) K1 class was a three-cylinder variant of the K class, designed in 1925 to suit a narrower loading gauge. They were among the first non-Great Western Railway (GWR) types to use and improve upon the basic design principles of power and standardisation established by GWR Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) George Jackson Churchward. The locomotives were based on the GWR 4300 class, improved by the Midland Railway's ideals of simplicity and ease of maintenance. The K class was designed to be mechanically similar to the SECR N class 2-6-0 mixed-traffic locomotives. The class was one of the earliest to use the 2-6-4 wheel arrangement in Britain. Production began towards the end of the First World War, and the prototype rolled out of Ashford Works three years after design work was completed due to wartime production constraints. The class replaced obsolete 4-4-0 passenger locomotives in an SECR fleet standardisation programme. Twenty-one locomotives were built: twenty K class (two cylinders) and one K1 class (three cylinders), the first in 1917 and the remainder between 1925 and 1926. They operated over the Eastern section of the Southern Railway network and were given the names of rivers, being referred as the River class from 1925. Crews referred to the K and K1 classes as "Rolling Rivers" because of their instability when travelling at speed. They were rebuilt as 2-cylinder SR U class and 3-cylinder SR U1 class 2-6-0s (respectively) following a railway accident at Sevenoaks, Kent in 1927. They continued in service with British Railways (BR) until the last was withdrawn in 1966. One K class rebuild (No. 31806) is preserved on the Swanage Railway in Dorset and still operational today. (en)
  • A classe SECR K era uma locomotiva do tipo de 2-6-4 projetada em 1914 por para transporte de passageiros na (SECR), que operava entre Londres e o sudeste da Inglaterra. A classe SR K1 da Southern Railway (SR) era uma variante de três cilindros da classe K, projetada em 1925 para adequar-se a uma carga mais estreita. Essas duas classes de locomotiva estavam entre os primeiros tipos de transportes ferroviários da Great Western Railway (GWR) a usar e aperfeiçoar os princípios básicos de potência e de projetos estabelecidos pelo engenheiro-chefe . As locomotivas foram baseadas na classe GWR 4300, sendo que as Classes SECR K e SR K1 foram melhoradas através de um "downsizing" do projeto que trouxe em troca simplicidade e manutenção fácil para Midland Railway. A classe K foi projetada para ser mecanicamente similar às locomotivas de tráfego misto 2-6-0 da classe SECR N. A classe SECR K e SR K1 foram uma das primeiras a usar o arranjo das rodas 2-6-4 na Grã-Bretanha. [2] A produção começou no final da Primeira Guerra Mundial, e o protótipo saiu da três anos após o término do trabalho de design devido a restrições da produção em tempo de guerra. Elas substituíram locomotivas de passageiros 4-4-0 obsoletas em um programa de padronização de frota da SECR. Vinte e uma locomotivas foram construídas: vinte SECR K (dois cilindros) e uma SR K1 (três cilindros), a primeira em 1917 e as restantes entre 1925 e 1926. Operavam sobre a parte oriental da rede ferroviária sul e foram lhes dadas nomes de rios. As tripulações referiam-se às classes K e K1 como "Rolling Rivers" devido à sua instabilidade quando viajavam a alta velocidade. Elas foram reconstruídas como classe SR U de dois cilindros e classe SR U1 de 3 cilindros 2-6-0 (respectivamente) após um acidente ferroviário em Sevenoaks, Kent em 1927. Elas continuaram em serviço com a British Railways(BR) até a última retirada em 1966. Uma reconstrução da classe K (nº 31806) está preservada na Ferrovia Swanage em Dorset e ainda está em operação hoje. (pt)
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  • A side-and-front view of a large 2-6-4 steam locomotive at a locomotive depot. It is a tank locomotive with large rectangular water tanks either side of the boiler; they stretch from above the front driving wheels back to the cab. Members of the driving crew can be seen in the cab. (en)
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  • Armstrong Whitworth (en)
  • Brighton Works (en)
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  • The prototype K class No. 790 under SECR ownership. The class was named after rivers flowing within the Southern Railway's operating area. (en)
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  • All rebuilt to U or U1 class (en)
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  • K1: 890 (en)
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  • SECR K & SR K1 classes (en)
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  • K and K1 classes (en)
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  • The SECR K class was a type of 2-6-4 tank locomotive designed in 1914 by Richard Maunsell for express passenger duties on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR), which operated between London and south-east England. The Southern Railway (SR) K1 class was a three-cylinder variant of the K class, designed in 1925 to suit a narrower loading gauge. They were among the first non-Great Western Railway (GWR) types to use and improve upon the basic design principles of power and standardisation established by GWR Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) George Jackson Churchward. The locomotives were based on the GWR 4300 class, improved by the Midland Railway's ideals of simplicity and ease of maintenance. (en)
  • A classe SECR K era uma locomotiva do tipo de 2-6-4 projetada em 1914 por para transporte de passageiros na (SECR), que operava entre Londres e o sudeste da Inglaterra. A classe SR K1 da Southern Railway (SR) era uma variante de três cilindros da classe K, projetada em 1925 para adequar-se a uma carga mais estreita. Essas duas classes de locomotiva estavam entre os primeiros tipos de transportes ferroviários da Great Western Railway (GWR) a usar e aperfeiçoar os princípios básicos de potência e de projetos estabelecidos pelo engenheiro-chefe . As locomotivas foram baseadas na classe GWR 4300, sendo que as Classes SECR K e SR K1 foram melhoradas através de um "downsizing" do projeto que trouxe em troca simplicidade e manutenção fácil para Midland Railway. (pt)
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  • SECR K and SR K1 classes (en)
  • Classes SECR K e SR K1 (pt)
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  • River class (en)
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  • SECR K & SR K1 (River) classes (en)
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