The Metropolitan Railway F class was a class of 0-6-2Tside tank steam locomotive

Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...

. They were based on the earlier E Class

Metropolitan Railway E Class

The Metropolitan Railway E Class is a class of 0-4-4T steam locomotives.A total of seven locomotives were built between 1896 and 1901 for the Metropolitan Railway: three by themselves at their Neasden Works and four by Hawthorn Leslie in Newcastle. One locomotive became Metropolitan Railway No.1...

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Four locomotives, numbered 90 to 93 were built by Yorkshire Engine Company

Yorkshire Engine Company

The Yorkshire Engine Company was a small independent locomotive manufacturer in Sheffield, England. The Company was formed in 1865 and continued to produce locomotives and carry out general engineering work until 1965...

 in 1901. They were later numbered L49 to L52.

The F Class were intended to work freight trains over the Metropolitan Railway

Metropolitan railway

Metropolitan Railway can refer to:* Metropolitan line, part of the London Underground* Metropolitan Railway, the first underground railway to be built in London...

mainline.

All remained with London Transport until withdrawn and scrapped between 1957 and 1964.

External links

• http://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/stories/pages.php?enum=LE130&pnum=14&maxp=18
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