L&YR Hughes 4-6-4T
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The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Hughes 4-6-4T was a class of steam locomotives. They were a 4-6-4
T tank engine version of the L&YR Class 8
("Dreadnought" Class 4-6-0), hence they were known as "Dreadnought tanks". As all were actually built by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
in 1924 after the grouping, albeit at the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
's Horwich Works
. They had been allocated L&Y numbers 1684–1693, but these were never carried; there was no L&YR class number. The LMS gave them the numbers 11110–11119, and the power classification 5P.
Another 20 of this class were ordered but turned out as further examples of the L&YR Class 8
. Orders for an additional 30 were cancelled. Like the Class 8s on which they were based, they were not particularly successful.
Withdrawals started in 1938, with three engines (11112, 11115, 11116), one each in 1939 and 1940 (11113 and 11111 respectively), four in 1941 (11114, 11117–11119) and the last (11110) in 1942. None was preserved.
4-6-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-4 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles .Other equivalent classifications are:UIC classification:...
T tank engine version of the L&YR Class 8
L&YR class 8
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway class 8 was a four-cylinder 4-6-0 express passenger locomotive designed by George Hughes in 1908. As designed, they were fitted with Joy valve gear. These original locomotives were described as “poor performers” . They suffered coal consumption as high as 100...
("Dreadnought" Class 4-6-0), hence they were known as "Dreadnought tanks". As all were actually built by 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...
in 1924 after the grouping, albeit at the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways...
's Horwich Works
Horwich Works
Horwich Works was a railway works built in 1886 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in Horwich, near Bolton, in the North West of England when the company moved from its original works at Miles Platting, Manchester.-Buildings:...
. They had been allocated L&Y numbers 1684–1693, but these were never carried; there was no L&YR class number. The LMS gave them the numbers 11110–11119, and the power classification 5P.
Another 20 of this class were ordered but turned out as further examples of the L&YR Class 8
L&YR class 8
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway class 8 was a four-cylinder 4-6-0 express passenger locomotive designed by George Hughes in 1908. As designed, they were fitted with Joy valve gear. These original locomotives were described as “poor performers” . They suffered coal consumption as high as 100...
. Orders for an additional 30 were cancelled. Like the Class 8s on which they were based, they were not particularly successful.
Withdrawals started in 1938, with three engines (11112, 11115, 11116), one each in 1939 and 1940 (11113 and 11111 respectively), four in 1941 (11114, 11117–11119) and the last (11110) in 1942. None was preserved.