SECR C class

The South Eastern and Chatham Railway C Class was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed by Harry Wainwright and built between 1900 and 1908 for freight duties, though often used on passenger trains. They operated over the railway's lines in London and the south east of England until the early 1960s. Trials in November 1898 between a London, Chatham and Dover Railway B2 class engine and a South Eastern Railway O class engine favoured the Kirtley design, and a new order for 40 was placed. The first fifteen were built by Neilson, Reid and Company and delivered in June 1900, followed by a further fifteen from Sharp, Stewart and Company, and the rest at Ashford and Longhedge. One was rebuilt as an S class saddle tank in 1917.