LMS Stanier Mogul
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The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Stanier 2-6-0 or Stanier Mogul is a class of 2-6-0
mixed traffic steam locomotive
. Forty were built between October 1933 and March 1934.
, they were designed at Horwich Works
and were developed from the Horwich Mogul, the LMS Hughes Crab
2-6-0. They had the addition of several features brought over from the Great Western Railway
by newly-arrived Chief Mechanical Engineer
William Stanier
, most notably the taper boiler. (Stanier would have been familiar with the GWR 4300 Class
). In an effort to please Stanier, Horwich had designed in
a GWR style top-feed cover and locomotive 13245 appeared with the feature fitted. Stanier was not at all pleased, ordering it promptly removed and replaced with the normal LMS cover.
Due to a higher boiler pressure than the Crabs the cylinders were 3" smaller in diameter and so the cylinders were able to be mounted horizontally: the only Stanier design to do so. Like the Crabs they were connected to a Fowler tender that was narrower than the locomotive. When built the first ten locomotives had no water pick-up gear fitted to their tenders.
They were initially numbered 13245–84 (following on from the Crabs), but as standard locomotives, in the LMS 1933 renumbering scheme they were renumbered 2945–84 in 1934 (the Crabs becoming 2700–2944). BR added 40000 to their numbers so they became 42945–84. They were always painted black, and this was lined out except during the austere periods of the 1940s and towards the end of steam.
From the end of 1934 Stanier turned to a larger 4-6-0
for his mixed traffic class, this the LMS Black Five Class.
2-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This arrangement is commonly called a Mogul...
mixed traffic steam locomotive
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...
. Forty were built between October 1933 and March 1934.
Overview
Although all built at Crewe WorksCrewe Works
Crewe railway works is a British railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway. It is located in the town of Crewe, in the county of Cheshire....
, they were designed at 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:...
and were developed from the Horwich Mogul, the LMS Hughes Crab
LMS Hughes Crab
The London Midland and Scottish Railway Hughes Crab or Horwich Mogul is a class of mixed traffic 2-6-0 steam locomotive built between 1926 and 1932. They are noted for their appearance with large highly-angled cylinders caused by restricted loading gauge...
2-6-0. They had the addition of several features brought over from the Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
by newly-arrived Chief Mechanical Engineer
Chief Mechanical Engineer
Chief Mechanical Engineer and Locomotive Superintendent are titles applied by British, Australian, and New Zealand railway companies to the person ultimately responsible to the board of the company for the building and maintaining of the locomotives and rolling stock...
William Stanier
William Stanier
Sir William Arthur Stanier, FRS was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.- Biography :...
, most notably the taper boiler. (Stanier would have been familiar with the GWR 4300 Class
GWR 4300 Class
The Great Western Railway 4300 Class is a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive.- Overview :The class was introduced in 1911 to a G.J. Churchward design. 342 were built until 1932...
). In an effort to please Stanier, Horwich had designed in
a GWR style top-feed cover and locomotive 13245 appeared with the feature fitted. Stanier was not at all pleased, ordering it promptly removed and replaced with the normal LMS cover.
Due to a higher boiler pressure than the Crabs the cylinders were 3" smaller in diameter and so the cylinders were able to be mounted horizontally: the only Stanier design to do so. Like the Crabs they were connected to a Fowler tender that was narrower than the locomotive. When built the first ten locomotives had no water pick-up gear fitted to their tenders.
They were initially numbered 13245–84 (following on from the Crabs), but as standard locomotives, in the LMS 1933 renumbering scheme they were renumbered 2945–84 in 1934 (the Crabs becoming 2700–2944). BR added 40000 to their numbers so they became 42945–84. They were always painted black, and this was lined out except during the austere periods of the 1940s and towards the end of steam.
From the end of 1934 Stanier turned to a larger 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...
for his mixed traffic class, this the LMS Black Five Class.
Details
| Pre-1934 LMS Number |
Post-1934 LMS Number (BR + 40000) |
Lot No. | Works | Built | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13245-57 | 2945-57 | 104 | Crewe | 1933 | Original boiler design |
| 13260 | 2960 | 104 | Crewe | 1933 | Revised boiler design |
| 13263 | 2963 | 104 | Crewe | 1933 | |
| 13258-59 | 2958-59 | 104 | Crewe | 1934 | |
| 13261-62 | 2961-62 | 104 | Crewe | 1934 | |
| 13264-84 | 2964-84 | 104 | Crewe | 1934 |