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: ​  • Whyte 2-8-0  • UIC 1′D n4vg 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London and North Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway Class E Power class LMS: 3F Number in class 26 Withdrawn 1907–28 Disposition 2 rebuilt to class F 1907–08; 18 rebuilt to class G1 1917–24; 6 scrapped 1927–28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

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 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 A further four were rebuilt to Class G1 in 1923-4, while the remaining six engines were withdrawn still as Class Es in 1927/8, two of them never receiving their allocated LMS No. None was preserved.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

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

Notes

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.

External links

• LNWRS Webb page on the Class E (NB lifetime is incorrect as it includes G1 rebuilds)

This page was last edited on 3 October 2023, at 17:20