The LCDR A class was a class of
0-4-4T
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steam locomotive
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s of the
London, Chatham and Dover Railway
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. The class was designed by
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and introduced in 1875. The A1 and A2 classes were similar, but had larger driving wheels. The differences between the A1 and A2 classes were minor: in particular, the A2 class had a greater heating surface.
Numbering
Ownership changes
All the A, A1 and A2 class locomotives passed to the
South Eastern and Chatham Railway
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in 1899. Number 570 was withdrawn in 1915 but the remaining locomotives passed to the
Southern Railway in 1923. All had been withdrawn by 1926.
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0-4-4T locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1875
Standard-gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain
Kitson locomotives
Vulcan Foundry locomotives
Scrapped locomotives