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British Rail Standard class 7MT “Britannia”

No 70013 “Oliver Cromwell” at Leicester North Station in June 2013

The first of the British Railways standard designs was a Pacific that was formally intended for mixed service. Categorized into power class 7MT, it got driving wheels of 6 feet and 2 inches (or 1,880 mm) to reach spee...

British Rail Standard class 7MT “Britannia”Remove
Variant
tender BR1
Built 1951-1954
Manufacturers Crewe
Wheel arrangement 2C1
Gauge 1435 mm
Length 20955 mm
Service mass 95509 kg
Top speed
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General

Property British Rail Standard class 7MT “Britannia”
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Built 1951-1954
Manufacturers Crewe
Wheel arrangement 4-6-2 (Pacific)
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property British Rail Standard class 7MT “Britannia”
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Length 20.96 m
Wheelbase 10.90 m
Service mass 95.5 t
Adhesion mass 62.5 t
Total mass 145.4 t
Rigid wheelbase 4.27 m
Axle load 20.6 t
Water capacity 19,321 l
Fuel capacity 7.1 t (coal)

Boiler

Property British Rail Standard class 7MT “Britannia”
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Grate area 3.902 m²
Firebox surface 19.51 m²
Tube heating surface 229.935 m²
Evaporative heating surface 249.445 m²
Superheater surface 66.704 m²
Total heating surface 316.1 m²

Power plant

Property British Rail Standard class 7MT “Britannia”
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Driver diameter 1,880 mm
Boiler pressure 17.2 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 508 x 711 mm

Power

Property British Rail Standard class 7MT “Britannia”
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Power source steam
Estimated power 2,013 kW (2,737 PS)
Starting effort 143.1 kN

Calculated values

Property British Rail Standard class 7MT “Britannia”
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Factor of adhesion 1 : 4.28
Optimal speed 87 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 21.1 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 480.4 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 600.11
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.53
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 9.45
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 81.02
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 11.79
Total/Superheater 1 : 3.74
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