LNWR Class E
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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
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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 and 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 Class Es (No. 1038 in 1907 and No. 647 in 1908) were further rebuilt to Class Fs by replacing the 4 ft 3 in (130 cm) diameter boiler with a larger 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) diameter boiler.
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 modified by the grouping of 1923, and a further pair were rebuild 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 A further four were rebuilt to Class G1 in 1923-4, while the remaining six engines were withdrawn as Class Es in 1927/8, two of them never receiving their allocated LMS number. None were preserved.
List of locomotives
[edit]LNWR no. | Rebuilt from B | LMS no. | Fate | Notes |
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1883 | 1904 | Rebuilt to G1 1918 | [1] | |
1884 | 1904 | Rebuilt to G1 1917 | [1] | |
1885 | 1905 | Rebuilt to G1 1917 | [1] | |
1886 | 1904 | Rebuilt to G1 1923 | [1] | |
1888 | 1904 | (9600) | Rebuilt to G1 1924 | [1] |
1889 | 1906 | Rebuilt to G1 1920 | [2] | |
905 | 1905 | 9601 | Withdrawn 1928 | [2] |
18 | 1905 | (9602) | Withdrawn 1928 | [2] |
2558 | 1906 | 9603 | Withdrawn 1928 | [3] |
2563 | 1908 | (9604) | Rebuilt to G1 1924 | [3] |
1017 | 1906 | (9605) | Withdrawn 1927 | [3] |
1038 | 1905 | Rebuilt to F 1907 | [3] | |
1042 | 1906 | 9606 | Withdrawn 1928 | [3] |
1064 | 1906 | (9607) | Rebuilt to G1 1923 | [4] |
1065 | 1906 | Rebuilt to G1 1919 | [4] | |
1222 | 1906 | 9608 | Withdrawn 1928 | [4] |
1223 | 1906 | Rebuilt to G1 1921 | [4] | |
1227 | 1908 | Rebuilt to G1 1921 | [4] | |
1236 | 1906 | Rebuilt to G1 1921 | [4] | |
2574 | 1906 | Rebuilt to G1 1920 | [5] | |
1586 | 1906 | Rebuilt to G1 1921 | [6] | |
647 | 1907 | Rebuilt to F 1908 | [6] | |
1585 | 1906 | (9609) | Rebuilt to G1 1923 | [7] |
2056 | 1907 | Rebuilt to G1 1921 | [7] | |
437 | 1906 | Rebuilt to G1 1922 | [7] | |
2169 | 1906 | Rebuilt to G1 1923 | [7] |
LMS numbers in parentheses were not carried prior to rebuilding as G1 or withdrawal.
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Baxter 1979, p. 254.
- ^ a b c Baxter 1979, p. 255.
- ^ a b c d e Baxter 1979, p. 256.
- ^ a b c d e f Baxter 1979, p. 257.
- ^ Baxter 1979, p. 258.
- ^ a b Baxter 1979, p. 259.
- ^ a b c d Baxter 1979, p. 260.
References
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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.
External links
[edit]- LNWRS Webb page on the Class E (NB lifetime is incorrect as it includes G1 rebuilds)