Metropolitan Railway H Class

Metropolitan Railway H class LNER Class H2
Power type	Steam
Designer	Charles Jones
Builder	Kerr Stuart
Build date	1920–1921
Total produced	8
Configuration	4-4-4T
UIC classification	2'B2'ht
Gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading wheel diameter	36 in (910 mm)
Driver diameter	69 in (1,800 mm)
Trailing wheel diameter	36 in (910 mm)
Wheelbase	33.5 ft (10.2 m)
Length	41 ft 10 1⁄2 in (12.764 m)
Locomotive weight	78.25 long tons (79.51 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	4.00 long tons (4.06 t)
Water capacity	2,000 imp gal (9,100 l; 2,400 US gal)
Boiler pressure	160 psi (1.1 MPa)
Firegrate area	21.4 sq ft (1.99 m2)
Heating surface: Tubes	744 sq ft (69.1 m2)
Heating surface: Flues	281 sq ft (26.1 m2)
Heating surface: Firebox	132 sq ft (12.3 m2)
Superheater area	164 sq ft (15.2 m2)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	19 × 26 in (480 × 660 mm)
Tractive effort	18,500 lbf (82 kN)
Career	Metropolitan Railway London and North Eastern Railway
Class	MET: H LNER: H2
Number	MET: 103–110 LNER: 6415–6422
Disposition	All scrapped

The Metropolitan Railway H class consisted of eight 4-4-4T steam locomotives, numbered 103 to 110. They were built by Kerr, Stuart & Co of Stoke on Trent in 1920 at a cost of £11,575 each.^[1]

These locomotives were purchased for the Express passenger trains on the Metropolitan's mainline between Harrow (later Rickmansworth)—the change point from electric locomotives—and Aylesbury or Verney Junction. They were designed by The Met's Locomotive & Chief Electrical Engineer, Charles Jones. Delivered between October 1920 and June 1921, they allowed for the retirement of a like number of 0-4-4T C Class and 2-4-0T D Class locomotives. The H class were considered to be good engines well-suited to the express trains they worked, allowing for a reduction in running times of up to six minutes. They were designed with a hauling capacity of 250 tons and could negotiate curves of 300 feet (91 m) radius.^[1]

When the steam hauled services were transferred from London Transport to the London and North Eastern Railway in 1937, all eight H class locomotives were included to continue working the same trains. The LNER numbered them 6415–6422 and classified them as H2 class. In the 1940s, they were moved from Neasden (LNER) shed to the Nottingham area and worked over other parts of the former Great Central Railway system.

All were withdrawn and scrapped between 1942 and 1947.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Jackson, Alan A. (1986). London's Metropolitan Railways. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 282. ISBN 0-7153-8839-8. 

External links

• http://www.lner.info/locos/H/h2.shtml

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