The Metropolitan Railway F class was a class of
0-6-2T
T, or t, is the twentieth Letter (alphabet), letter in the English language, modern English English alphabet, alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''tee'' (pronounced ), plural ''te ...
side tank steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...
. They were based on the earlier
E Class. Four locomotives, numbered 90 to 93 were built by
Yorkshire Engine Company in 1901. They were later numbered L49 to L52.
Service
The F Class were intended to work freight trains over the
Metropolitan Railway
The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west from the capital's financial heart in the City to what were to become the Middlesex su ...
mainline.
Withdrawal
All remained with London Transport until they were withdrawn and scrapped between 1957 and 1962.
References
External links
* http://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/stories/pages.php?enum=LE130&pnum=14&maxp=18
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F
0-6-2T locomotives
YEC locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1901
Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain
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Scrapped locomotives