LNWR Class E

LNWR Class E
No. 1886 without tender
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer George Whale
Rebuilder Crewe Works
Rebuild date 1904–08
Number rebuilt 26 from Class B
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte 2-8-0
 • UIC 1′D n4v
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia. 4 ft 8 in (1,420 mm)
Fuel type Coal
Boiler 4 ft 5 in (1,346 mm) x
15 ft 6 in (4,724 mm)
Boiler pressure 200 psi (1.4 MPa)
Heating surface 1,753 sq ft (162.9 m2)
Cylinders Four, two outside high-pressure, two inside low-pressure
High-pressure cylinder 15 in × 24 in (381 mm × 610 mm)
Low-pressure cylinder 20 1⁄2 in × 24 in (521 mm × 610 mm)
Valve gear Joy
Career
Operators London and North Western Railway
Class E
Power class LMS: 3F
Number in class 26
Withdrawn 1907–28
Disposition 2 rebuilt to class F 1907–08;
18 rebuilt to class G1 1917–24;
6 scrapped 1927–28

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Class E was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives in service between 1904 and 1928.

History

No. 1886 with tender

26 were rebuilt by George Whale from Class B 4-cylinder compounds with the simple addition of a leading pony truck to reduce excessive front overhang between 1904-1908. The only alteration was to wheelbase and weight, but when the letter classification system was introduced in 1911, this took them into a different class.

Two of Class Es were further rebuilt to Class Fs by the replacement of the 4'3" diameter boiler with a larger 5'2" diameter boiler; these being 1038 in 1907 and 647 in 1908.

From 1917, Charles Bowen Cooke started to rebuild the remaining 24 Class Es into LNWR Class G1 0-8-0s with simple expansion engines. 12 had been so treated by the grouping of 1923, and a further pair were treated in January and February of that year. Of the remaining ten Class Es, the LMS allocated them the numbers 9600-9. A further four were rebuilt to Class G1 in 1923-4, while the remaining six engines were withdrawn still as Class Es in 1927/8, two of them never receiving their allocated LMS No. None was preserved.

List of locomotives

LNWR no.Rebuilt from BLMS no.FateNotes
18831904Rebuilt to G1 1918[1]
18841904Rebuilt to G1 1917[1]
18851905Rebuilt to G1 1917[1]
18861904Rebuilt to G1 1923[1]
18881904(9600)Rebuilt to G1 1924[1]
18891906Rebuilt to G1 1920[2]
90519059601Withdrawn 1928[2]
181905(9602)Withdrawn 1928[2]
255819069603Withdrawn 1928[3]
25631908(9604)Rebuilt to G1 1924[3]
10171906(9605)Withdrawn 1927[3]
10381905Rebuilt to F 1907[3]
104219069606Withdrawn 1928[3]
10641906(9607)Rebuilt to G1 1923[4]
10651906Rebuilt to G1 1919[4]
122219069608Withdrawn 1928[4]
12231906Rebuilt to G1 1921[4]
12271908Rebuilt to G1 1921[4]
12361906Rebuilt to G1 1921[4]
25741906Rebuilt to G1 1920[5]
15861906Rebuilt to G1 1921[6]
6471907Rebuilt to F 1908[6]
15851906(9609)Rebuilt to G1 1923[7]
20561907Rebuilt to G1 1921[7]
4371906Rebuilt to G1 1922[7]
21691906Rebuilt to G1 1923[7]

LMS numbers in parentheses were not carried prior to rebuilding as G1 or withdrawal.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Baxter 1979, p. 254.
  2. 1 2 3 Baxter 1979, p. 255.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Baxter 1979, p. 256.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Baxter 1979, p. 257.
  5. ↑ Baxter 1979, p. 258.
  6. 1 2 Baxter 1979, p. 259.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Baxter 1979, p. 260.

References

  • Baxter, Bertram (1979). Baxter, David, ed. British Locomotive Catalogue 1825-1923, volume 2B: London and North Western Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne: Moorland Publishing. ISBN 0-903485-84-2.

Further reading

  • Essery, Bob; Jenkinson, David. An Illustrated Review of LMS Locomotives Vol. 2 Absorbed Pre-Group Classes Western and Central Divisions.
  • Talbot, Edward. The London & North Western Railway Eight-Coupled Goods Engines.
  • Yeadon, Willie. Yeadon's Compendium of LNWR Locomotives Vol 2 Goods Tender Engines.
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