L&YR Class 26 |
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Type and origin |
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Power type |
Steam |
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Designer |
Henry Hoy |
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Builder |
Horwich Works |
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Order number |
Lot 49 |
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Serial number |
861–880 |
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Build date |
October 1903 – August 1904 |
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Total produced |
20 |
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Specifications |
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Configuration:
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• Whyte |
2-6-2T |
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• UIC |
1′C1′ n2t |
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Gauge |
4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
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Leading dia. |
3 ft 7 3⁄4 in (1.111 m) |
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Driver dia. |
5 ft 8 in (1.727 m) |
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Trailing dia. |
3 ft 7 3⁄4 in (1.111 m) |
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Length |
42 ft 4 in (12.9 m) |
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Loco weight |
77.50 long tons (78.74 t) |
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Fuel type |
Coal |
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Fuel capacity |
3.75 long tons (3.81 t) |
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Water cap |
2,000 imp gal (9,100 l; 2,400 US gal) |
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Firebox: • Firegrate area |
26.0 sq ft (2.42 m2) |
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Boiler pressure |
175 lbf/in2 (1.21 MPa) |
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Heating surface |
2,038.6 sq ft (189.39 m2) |
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Cylinders |
Two, inside |
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Cylinder size |
19 in × 26 in (483 mm × 660 mm) |
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Valve gear |
Joy |
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Career |
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Operators |
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Power class |
LMS: 3F |
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Withdrawn |
December 1920 – August 1928 |
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Disposition |
All scrapped |
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The L&YR Class 26 was a class of 2-6-2T steam locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. It was designed by Henry Hoy and introduced in 1903. Twenty locomotives were built but 3 were withdrawn in 1922, so 17 passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the grouping in 1923.
Numbering
Table of locomotives
L&YR no. |
Built |
LMS no. |
Withdrawn |
Notes |
202 |
Oct 1903 |
— |
Dec 1920 |
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387 |
Nov 1903 |
11700 |
May 1925 |
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404 |
Nov 1903 |
— |
Dec 1920 |
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454 |
Nov 1903 |
11701 |
Jan 1926 |
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467 |
Dec 1903 |
11702 |
May 1925 |
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527 |
Jan 1904 |
11703 |
Mar 1926 |
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712 |
Feb 1904 |
11704 |
Aug 1926 |
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744 |
Feb 1904 |
11705 |
Aug 1926 |
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837 |
Mar 1904 |
11706 |
Jun 1925 |
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125 |
Mar 1904 |
— |
May 1923 |
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1441 |
Apr 1904 |
11707 |
Aug 1926 |
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1442 |
Apr 1904 |
11708 |
Jul 1925 |
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1443 |
May 1904 |
11709 |
Jun 1925 |
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1444 |
May 1904 |
11710 |
Jan 1925 |
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1445 |
Jun 1904 |
11711 |
Sep 1924 |
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1446 |
Jun 1904 |
11712 |
Aug 1926 |
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1447 |
Jul 1904 |
11713 |
Feb 1926 |
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1448 |
Jul 1904 |
11714 |
Feb 1925 |
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1449 |
Jul 1904 |
11715 |
1924 |
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1450 |
Aug 1904 |
11716 |
Aug 1926 |
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Withdrawal
All had been withdrawn and scrapped by 1928: only two (11704 and 11711) received their LMS number. None have been preserved.
References
- Baxter, Bertram (1982). Baxter, David, ed. British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 3B: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. p. 85. ISBN 0-903485-85-0.
- Casserley, H. C. & Johnston, Stuart W. (1974) [1966]. Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan. p. 120. ISBN 0-7110-0554-0.