LNWR Class C1
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The London and North Western Railway
(LNWR) Class C1 was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. 34 were rebuilt by Bowen Cooke from Class A
3-cylinder compounds between 1906-1909.
Rebuilds of the troublesome Whale Class A
compounds to Class D
simple expansion engines used larger (5'2" diameter) boilers, with the result that there were many spare smaller (4'3" diameter) boilers available. As a result, rebuilds of the Class As from 1906 were fitted with the smaller boiler. As a consequence, the cylinders had to be reduced to 18.5" diameter, compared with 19.5" with the Class C, and this took them into a new class (or subclass) - C1.
All C1s were numbered in the 18xx or 25xx series by the LNWR. All passed into LMS ownership on the grouping of 1923. The LMS assigned them the numbers 8968-9001, sequentially in order of rebuild date, though not all were applied before withdrawal. Withdrawal occurred between 1927 and 1932. 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) Class C1 was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. 34 were rebuilt by Bowen Cooke from Class A
LNWR Class A
The London and North Western Railway Class A was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. From 1893 to 1900, Crewe built 111 of these engines, which had a three cylinder compound arrangement, and were designed by Francis Webb....
3-cylinder compounds between 1906-1909.
Rebuilds of the troublesome Whale Class A
LNWR Class A
The London and North Western Railway Class A was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. From 1893 to 1900, Crewe built 111 of these engines, which had a three cylinder compound arrangement, and were designed by Francis Webb....
compounds to Class D
LNWR Class D
The London and North Western Railway Class D was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. They were simple engine rebuilds of earlier Webb Class A three-cylinder compound engines....
simple expansion engines used larger (5'2" diameter) boilers, with the result that there were many spare smaller (4'3" diameter) boilers available. As a result, rebuilds of the Class As from 1906 were fitted with the smaller boiler. As a consequence, the cylinders had to be reduced to 18.5" diameter, compared with 19.5" with the Class C, and this took them into a new class (or subclass) - C1.
All C1s were numbered in the 18xx or 25xx series by the LNWR. All passed into LMS ownership on the grouping of 1923. The LMS assigned them the numbers 8968-9001, sequentially in order of rebuild date, though not all were applied before withdrawal. Withdrawal occurred between 1927 and 1932. None was preserved.
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