LNWR 19in Express Goods Class
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The London and North Western Railway
(LNWR) 19in Express Goods Class, otherwise known as the Experiment Goods Class was a class of 4-6-0
steam locomotive
s. They were essentially a smaller wheeled version of the Whale's Experiment Class
and were an early attempt at a mixed traffic engine.
Crewe built 170 engines between 1906 and 1909. The LNWR reused numbers from withdrawn locomotives, so the numbering was haphazard. All passed onto LMS
ownership in 1923. The LMS gave them the power classification 4F. The LMS renumbered them into the more logical series 8700-869. Withdrawals started in 1931. British Railways acquired three 8801/24/34 in 1948, but all were withdrawn by 1950 before they could receive their allocated numbers 48801/24/34. None was preserved.
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
(LNWR) 19in Express Goods Class, otherwise known as the Experiment Goods Class was a class of 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...
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...
s. They were essentially a smaller wheeled version of the Whale's Experiment Class
LNWR Whale Experiment Class
The London and North Western Railway Experiment Class of was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed by George Whale.They were an extended version of the Whale's Precursor Class 4-4-0, with slightly smaller driving wheels. The first of the class, 66 Experiment was built in 1905 and a total of...
and were an early attempt at a mixed traffic engine.
Crewe built 170 engines between 1906 and 1909. The LNWR reused numbers from withdrawn locomotives, so the numbering was haphazard. All passed onto 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. The LMS gave them the power classification 4F. The LMS renumbered them into the more logical series 8700-869. Withdrawals started in 1931. British Railways acquired three 8801/24/34 in 1948, but all were withdrawn by 1950 before they could receive their allocated numbers 48801/24/34. None was preserved.