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{{Infobox locomotive
|name=LCDR M1 class
|powertype=Steam
|image=
|caption=
|designer= [[William Kirtley (railway engineer)|William Kirtley]]
|builder= [[Longhedge Railway Works (Battersea)|Longhedge Works]]
|serialnumber=
|builddate= 1880-1881
|totalproduction= 4
|whytetype=[[4-4-0]]
|uicclass=
|gauge={{track gauge|ussg}}
|driverdiameter={{convert|6|ft|6|in|m|3|abbr=on}}
|length=
|height=
|axleload=
|weightondrivers=
|locoweight={{convert|74|LT|1}}
|fueltype=Coal
|fuelcap=
|watercap={{convert|2550|impgal|1}} 
|boilerpressure={{convert|140|psi|MPa|2|abbr=on}}
|cylindercount=Two,<br>[[Stephenson valve gear]]
|cylindersize={{convert|17.5|x|26|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
|tractiveeffort=
|operator=[[London, Chatham and Dover Railway|LCDR]]{{•}}[[South Eastern and Chatham Railway|SECR]]{{•}}
|operatorclass=M1
|powerclass=
|nicknames=
|withdrawndate=1912-1923
|numinclass=''1 January 1923:'' 1
|disposition=All scrapped
}}

The '''LCDR M1 class''' was a class of [[4-4-0]] [[steam locomotive]]s of the [[London, Chatham and Dover Railway]] (LCDR), very similar to the earlier [[LCDR M class|M class]] but with steel frames, larger tenders and other detailed differences. The class was designed by [[William Kirtley (railway engineer)|William Kirtley]] and introduced in 1880.{{sfn|Bradley|1979|pages=108-110}}

==History==
Kirtley had requested six more examples of his earlier [[LCDR M class|M class]] built by [[Neilson and Company]] for the London-Dover [[boat train]]s, but this request was turned down by the LCDR board, although he was given permission to build similar locomotives at the company's [[Longhedge Railway Works (Battersea)|Longhedge Works]] in [[Battersea]]. Two locomotives were built during 1880 and a further two in 1881. However a fire in the machine shop seriously delayed work on the final two which eventually appeared as members of the [[LCDR M2 class|M2 class]] in 1885. The class proved to be successful and completed high mileages. on the heaviest semi-fast trains. The locomotives passed to the [[South Eastern and Chatham Railway]] in 1899 and were considered to be sufficiently useful to be worth re-boilering between 1898 and 1904.{{sfn|Bradley|1979|pages=108-110}} The class began to be withdrawn and scrapped from 1912.
Only one example survived into [[Southern Railway (Great Britain)|Southern Railway]] ownership in 1923, but was withdrawn almost immediately thereafter.

==References==
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* {{cite book| last=Bradley| first=D.L.| title=The Locomotive History of the London Chatham and Dover Railway| publisher=[[Railway Correspondence and Travel Society]]| year=1979| isbn=0901115479}}
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[[Category:London, Chatham and Dover Railway locomotives|M1]]
[[Category:4-4-0 locomotives]]
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1884]]
[[Category:Scrapped locomotives]]
[[Category:Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain]]