LNWR 18in Goods Class

A photo of 1382 in photographic grey livery, as built.

Ex-LNW '18" Goods 2F 0-6-0 at Workington Locomotive Depot. No. 58396 (former LMS No. 28512) was one of many Webb 'Cauliflower' 2F 0-6-0s that before Nationalisation had dominated the passenger and freight traffic on the Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith line; it was one of the last survivors of the 310 (built 1880 - 1902) when withdrawn in 9/53.

The London and North Western Railway 5ft 0in Express Goods/18 inch Goods, commonly known as the Cauliflower Class, was a class of 310 Express 0-6-0 freight steam locomotives built for the LNWR between 1880 and 1902 ^[1].

They received the nickname "Cauliflowers" because of the large LNWR crest on the middle splasher in the original livery.

An 0-6-2T version was also produced - LNWR 18in Tank Class

A large number to LMS in 1923 with numbers in the series 8300(?)-8684(?), and the power classification 2F. LMS later added them to the duplicate list by the addition of 20000 to their numbers to make room for LMS Stanier Class 8F stock. 75 entered British Railways (BR) stock in 1948. BR allocated them the numbers 58362–58430, as adding 40000 to their numbers as was done with most ex-LMS locomotives would have taken them into the 6xxxx ex-LNER series. The last one was withdrawn from British Railways service in 1955. None has been preserved.

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