LNWR Class E
No. 1886 without tender
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| Type and origin | |
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| Power type | Steam |
| Designer | George Whale |
| Rebuilder | Crewe Works |
| Rebuild date | 1904–08 |
| Number rebuilt | 26 from Class B |
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Configuration | 2-8-0 |
| 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 | |
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| 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| Withdrawn | 1907–28 |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.
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 A further four were rebuilt to Class G1 in 1923-4, while the remaining six engines were withdrawn still as Class Es in 1927/8, two of them never receiving their allocated LMS No. None was preserved.
LMS numbers in parentheses were not carried prior to rebuilding as G1 or withdrawal.
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