1. Design

2. Problems

3. Aberdare class

4. References

5. Sources

6. External links

The Kruger Class was a series of exceptionally imposing-looking (some might say ungainly) steam locomotives designed by William Dean and built at the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway.

Design

They had outside frames to the six coupled driving wheels, but inside frames for the leading wheels. A distinctive visual feature, initially, was a large saddle-shaped sandbox over the first ring of the boiler. The class had two prototypes: No. 2601, was a 4-6-0, while No. 2602 was a 2-6-0. These were built in 1899, and Nos. 2603-2610, all 2-6-0s, followed later, up to 1903. Though Dean was officially still in charge, Churchward's influence is evident in the rugged design. Their perhaps ironic nickname was after Paul Kruger, the Boer War leader defeated by Lord Roberts in 1900.

Problems

Perhaps Churchward saw the chance of experimenting in the name of Dean, and this somewhat experimental class was not successful, the boiler with its high pressure and {{convert|3|ft|6|in|3|abbr=on}} long combustion chamber gave trouble{{sfn|le Fleming|1954|p=G40}} and the long {{convert|28|in|0|adj=on}} stroke of the inside cylinders led to fractures of the solid crank axles.{{sfn|Holcroft|1971|p=74}} So the class was not long-lived and most were withdrawn around 1906. Several of the boilers were converted for stationary use in Swindon Works at reduced pressure, and remained in service there until the 1950s.

Aberdare class

Their numbers were adopted in 1907 by some of the last batch of the more elegant and reliable Aberdare Class 2-6-0s, which may also have re-used some of the "Kruger"s' parts.{{sfn|le Fleming|1954|pp=G39-G40}}

References

Sources

• {{cite book |last=Holcroft |first=Harold |title=An Outline of Great Western Locomotive Practice 1837-1947 |year=1971 |origyear=1957 |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Shepperton, Surrey |isbn=0-7110-0228-2 |authorlink=Harold Holcroft |ref=harv }}
• {{cite book |last=le Fleming |first=H.M. |editor-last=White |editor-first=D.E. |title=The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part seven: Dean's Larger Tender Engines |date=October 1954 |publisher=RCTS |location=Kenilworth |ref=harv |isbn=0-901115-18-5 }}

External links

• Drawing of Kruger Class

• Edward Oxford
• Edward Ośko
• Edward P. Abraham
• Edward Padula
• Edward Page Mitchell
• Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford
• Edward Palanker
• Edward Paley
• Edward Palmer (1802-1886)
• Edward Palmer (socialist)
• Edward Parenti
• Edward Parsons
• Edward Paschke
• Edward Pastor
• Edward Patrick Allen
• Edward Patrick Boland
• Edward Patterson
• Edward Pattison
• Edward Paul Allen
• Edward Payson
• Edward Payson Allen
• Edward Payson Dutton
• Edward Payson Terhune
• Edward Payson Weston
• Edward P. Barry