The LCDR Second ''Sondes'' class was a class of six steam locomotives. They were designed by

William Martley William Martley (4 January 1824 – 6 February 1874) was the locomotive superintendent of the London Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) in England from 1860 until his death. Biography William was born in Ballyfallon, in County Meath, Ireland, in 18 ...

for the

London, Chatham and Dover Railway The London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR or LC&DR) was a railway company in south-eastern England created on 1 August 1859, when the East Kent Railway was given parliamentary approval to change its name. Its lines ran through London and nor ...

(LCDR), and built at the LCDR's Longhedge works during 1865, using components from the ''Sondes'' class 4-4-0ST locomotives, including the boilers. In November 1875,

William Kirtley William Kirtley may refer to: * William Kirtley (railway engineer) William Kirtley (1840 – 7 October 1919) was an English railway engineer, and was the Locomotive Superintendent of the London Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) in England from 187 ...

(who had replaced Martley following the latter's death in 1874) allotted the class letter F. During 1876–78, the locomotives were rebuilt with new boilers and cylinders; at the same time they were given numbers, the names being removed. They passed to the

South Eastern and Chatham Railway The South Eastern and Chatham Railway Companies Joint Management Committee (SE&CRCJMC),Awdry (1990), page 199 known as the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SE&CR), was a working union of two neighbouring rival railways, the South Easter ...

(SECR) at the start of 1899, and their numbers were increased by 459 to avoid duplication with former South Eastern Railway locomotives. New boilers were again provided in 1905–07, but all six locomotives were withdrawn in 1909. The names were all retained from the ''Sondes'' class.

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Sondes class 2-4-0T 61 originally named CRAMPTON seen as SECR number 520 at Holborn Viaduct 17 October 1902
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