Highland Railway L Class

Highland Railway L class
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer David Jones
Builder HR Lochgorm Works
Build date 1882–1901
Total produced 9
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte 4-4-0
 • UIC 2′B
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia. 3 ft 3 1⁄2 in (1.003 m)
Driver dia. 5 ft 3 in (1.600 m)
Loco weight 43 long tons 0 cwt (96,300 lb or 43.7 t)
Boiler 4 ft 2 in (1.27 m) diameter
Boiler pressure 150 lbf/in2 (1.03 MPa)
Heating surface 1,216 sq ft (113.0 m2)
Cylinders Two, outside
Cylinder size 18 in × 24 in (457 mm × 610 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort 14,037 lbf (62.44 kN)
Career
Operators HR → LMS
Class HR: ‘Skye Bogie’; L (from 1901)
Power class LMS: 1P
Number in class 1 January 1923: 8
Nicknames Skye Bogies
Withdrawn 1922–1930
Disposition All scrapped

The Highland Railway L class, also known as ‘Skye Bogies’ due to their association with the Kyle of Lochalsh Line. They were essentially mixed traffic versions of the earlier Duke or F class.

Construction

Nine were built at Lochgorm Works over the period 1882 to 1901. They were never named.

Dimensions

The 18-by-24-inch (457 mm × 610 mm) cylinders, valve gear and motion were common to the two classes, but they had smaller 5-foot-3-inch (1,600 mm) driving wheels and higher pressure 150-pound-force-per-square-inch (1,030 kPa) boilers.

Numbering

Table of locomotives
HR
Number		Date NewLMS NumberWithdrawnNotes
70May 1882142771930Swapped numbers with 67 c.1916
85August 1892—1923Renumbered 85A in 1919
86March 1893142791927
87December 1893142801926Withdrawn before renumbered by the LMS
88April 1895142811926Withdrawn before renumbered by the LMS
5August 1897142821929Renumbered 32 in 1899
6November 1897142831929Renumbered 33 in 1899
7July 1898142841930Renumbered 34 in 1899
48December 1901142851928

References

  • Baxter, Bertram (1984). Baxter, David, ed. British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 4: Scottish and remaining English Companies in the LMS Group. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. p. 193.
  • Casserley, H. C. & Johnston, Stuart W. (1974) [1966]. Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan. p. 137. ISBN 0-7110-0554-0.
  • Vallance, H. A. (1938). The Highland Railway.
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