The LCDR Ruby class was a class of six 2-4-0 steam locomotives bought secondhand by William Martley for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway to haul passenger trains. In 1861 the railway could not get enough new locomotives, and general manager James Staats Forbes, who had come from the Dutch Rhenish Railway, knew that railway had surplus engines. The six had been built for it in September and October 1856 by Sharp, Stewart and Company, the last of three orders totalling 36 similar locomotives. After service on London to Dover expresses they were moved to local trains and rebuilt as 2-4-0 tank locomotives in 1864 to 1865, then fitted with new boilers and cylinders in 1876 and 1877 and withdrawn between October 1889 and November 1891.
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The six locomotives purchased had been built for the DRR during September–October 1856 by Sharp, Stewart and Company
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was a class of six 2-4-0 steam locomotives purchased by William Martley
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was a class of six 2-4-0 steam locomotives purchased by William Martley
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was a class of six 2-4-0 steam locomotives purchased by William Martley
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The six locomotives purchased had been built for the DRR during September-October 1856
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was a class of six 2-4-0 steam locomotives
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Withdrawal occurred between October 1889 and November 1891.
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The six locomotives purchased had been built for the DRR during September-October 1856 by Sharp, Stewart and Company
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The six locomotives purchased had been built for the DRR during September-October 1856 by Sharp, Stewart and Company
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The six locomotives purchased had been built for the DRR during September-October 1856 by Sharp, Stewart and Company
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