Caledonian Railway 60 Class
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The Caledonian Railway
60 Class were 4-6-0
passenger engines designed by William Pickersgill
and introduced in 1916. Six were built and all of them passed into LMS
ownership in 1923 and into British Railways ownership in 1948.
A modified version was built by the LMS under the auspices of George Hughes
in the period 1925-1926. Twenty of these were built and sources differ as to whether 14 or 18 passed into British Railways ownership.
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...
60 Class were 4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...
passenger engines 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...
and introduced in 1916. Six were built and all of them passed into LMS
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...
ownership in 1923 and into British Railways ownership in 1948.
A modified version was built by the LMS under the auspices of George Hughes
George Hughes (engineer)
George Hughes was a locomotive engineer, and Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.-L&YR:...
in the period 1925-1926. Twenty of these were built and sources differ as to whether 14 or 18 passed into British Railways ownership.
Numbering
- Pickersgill locos
- CR numbers: 60–65
- LMS numbers: 14650–14655
- BR numbers: 54650–54655
- Hughes locos
- LMS numbers: 14630–14649
- BR numbers: 54630–54649
Pickersgill Caledonian Railway design
- Introduced 1916
- Boiler Pressure 180 lbf/in³
- Two cylinders 20 inches diameter by 26 inch stroke
- Driving Wheel diameter 6 foot 1 inch (1854 mm)
- Weight 75 tons 0 cwt
- Superheated
- Starting tractive effort 21,795 lbf
- Classified '4P' by the LMSLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayThe 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...
Hughes LMS development of Pickersgill design
- Introduced 1925
- Boiler Pressure 180 lbf/in³
- Two cylinders 20½ inches diameter by 26 inch stroke
- Driving Wheel diameter 6 foot 1 inch (1854 mm)
- Weight 74 tons 15 cwt (75,867 kg)
- Superheated
- Starting tractive effort 22,900 lbf (102 kN)
- Classified '4P' by the LMSLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayThe 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...