Caledonian Railway 294 Class
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The Caledonian Railway
294 Class were freight 0-6-0
tender engines introduced in 1918 and designed by William Pickersgill
. Forty-three were built between 1918 and 1920. They were numbered 294–324, 280, 281, 670–679 by the Caledonian Railway
In 1923, they all passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
, and were classified 3F, and renumbered 17650–17692. On nationalisation in 1948, the Twenty-three survivors passed into British Railways stock, and were renumbered by adding 40,000 to their LMS numbers.
They were withdrawn between 1934–1963, and all were scrapped.
Caledonian Railway
The Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century and it was absorbed almost a century later into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, in the 1923 railway grouping, by means of the Railways Act 1921...
294 Class were freight 0-6-0
0-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
tender engines introduced in 1918 and designed by William Pickersgill
William Pickersgill
William Pickersgill was born in Nantwich in 1861 and died in Bournemouth on 2 May 1928. He was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Caledonian Railway from 1914 until Grouping in 1923...
. Forty-three were built between 1918 and 1920. They were numbered 294–324, 280, 281, 670–679 by the Caledonian Railway
In 1923, they all passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The London Midland and Scottish Railway was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railway companies into just four...
, and were classified 3F, and renumbered 17650–17692. On nationalisation in 1948, the Twenty-three survivors passed into British Railways stock, and were renumbered by adding 40,000 to their LMS numbers.
They were withdrawn between 1934–1963, and all were scrapped.