LNWR Class E
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The London and North Western Railway
(LNWR) Class E was a class of 2-8-0
steam locomotives in service between 1904 and 1928.
from Class B
4-cylinder compounds with the simple addition of a leading pony truck
to reduce excessive front overhang between 1904-1908. The only alteration was to wheelbase and weight, but when the letter classification system was introduced in 1911, this took them into a different class.
Two of Class Es were further rebuilt to Class F
s by the replacement of the 4'3" diameter boiler with a larger 5'2" diameter boiler; these being 1038 in 1907 and 647 in 1908.
From 1917, Charles Bowen Cooke started to rebuild the remaining 24 Class Es into LNWR Class G1 0-8-0s with simple expansion engines. 12 had been so treated by the grouping of 1923, and a further pair were treated in January and February of that year. Of the remaining ten Class Es, the LMS allocated them the numbers 9600-9. A further four were rebuilt to Class G1 in 1923-4, while the remaining six engines were withdrawn still as Class Es in 1927/8, two of them never receiving their allocated LMS No. None was preserved.
LMS numbers in parentheses were not carried prior to rebuilding as G1 or withdrawal.
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 E was a class of 2-8-0
2-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...
steam locomotives in service between 1904 and 1928.
History
26 were rebuilt by George WhaleGeorge Whale
George Whale was a British locomotive engineer who worked for the London and North Western Railway .Whale was born in Bocking, Essex. In 1858 he entered Wolverton Works under James Edward McConnell, and from 1862 under John Ramsbottom. In 1865 he entered the drawing office at Crewe Works, and in...
from Class B
LNWR Class B
The London and North Western Railway Class B was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. A development of the three-cylinder compound Class A , they had a 4-cylinder compound arrangement...
4-cylinder compounds with the simple addition of a leading pony truck
Pony truck
A pony truck, in railway terminology, is a leading truck with only two wheels.Its invention is generally credited to Levi Bissell, who devised one in 1857 and patented it the following year. Hence the term Bissel bogie or axle is used in continental Europe...
to reduce excessive front overhang between 1904-1908. The only alteration was to wheelbase and weight, but when the letter classification system was introduced in 1911, this took them into a different class.
Two of Class Es were further rebuilt to Class F
LNWR Class F
The London and North Western Railway Class F was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives in service between 1906 and 1928.-History:George Whale had originally rebuilt the Class B compound 0-8-0s with the simple addition of a leading pony truck between 1904-1908 to what would from 1911 become Class E...
s by the replacement of the 4'3" diameter boiler with a larger 5'2" diameter boiler; these being 1038 in 1907 and 647 in 1908.
From 1917, Charles Bowen Cooke started to rebuild the remaining 24 Class Es into LNWR Class G1 0-8-0s with simple expansion engines. 12 had been so treated by the grouping of 1923, and a further pair were treated in January and February of that year. Of the remaining ten Class Es, the LMS allocated them the numbers 9600-9. A further four were rebuilt to Class G1 in 1923-4, while the remaining six engines were withdrawn still as Class Es in 1927/8, two of them never receiving their allocated LMS No. None was preserved.
List of locomotives
| LNWR no. | Rebuilt from B | LMS no. | Fate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883 | 1904 | Rebuilt to G1 1918 | ||
| 1884 | 1904 | Rebuilt to G1 1917 | ||
| 1885 | 1905 | Rebuilt to G1 1917 | ||
| 1886 | 1904 | Rebuilt to G1 1923 | ||
| 1888 | 1904 | 9,600(9600) | Rebuilt to G1 1924 | |
| 1889 | 1906 | Rebuilt to G1 1920 | ||
| 905 | 1905 | 9,6019601 | Withdrawn 1928 | |
| 18 | 1905 | 9,602(9602) | Withdrawn 1928 | |
| 2558 | 1906 | 9,6039603 | Withdrawn 1928 | |
| 2563 | 1908 | 9,604(9604) | Rebuilt to G1 1924 | |
| 1017 | 1906 | 9,605(9605) | Withdrawn 1927 | |
| 1038 | 1905 | Rebuilt to F 1907 | ||
| 1042 | 1906 | 9,6069606 | Withdrawn 1928 | |
| 1064 | 1906 | 9,607(9607) | Rebuilt to G1 1923 | |
| 1065 | 1906 | Rebuilt to G1 1919 | ||
| 1222 | 1906 | 9,6089608 | Withdrawn 1928 | |
| 1223 | 1906 | Rebuilt to G1 1921 | ||
| 1227 | 1908 | Rebuilt to G1 1921 | ||
| 1236 | 1906 | Rebuilt to G1 1921 | ||
| 2574 | 1906 | Rebuilt to G1 1920 | ||
| 1586 | 1906 | Rebuilt to G1 1921 | ||
| 647 | 1907 | Rebuilt to F 1908 | ||
| 1585 | 1906 | 9,609(9609) | Rebuilt to G1 1923 | |
| 2056 | 1907 | Rebuilt to G1 1921 | ||
| 437 | 1906 | Rebuilt to G1 1922 | ||
| 2169 | 1906 | Rebuilt to G1 1923 |
LMS numbers in parentheses were not carried prior to rebuilding as G1 or withdrawal.
Further reading
- Bob EsseryBob EsseryRobert J. "Bob" Essery is a British railway modeller and historian with a particular interest in the London Midland and Scottish Railway and one of its principal constituents, the Midland Railway ....
& David JenkinsonDavid JenkinsonDavid Jenkinson was a railway modeller and historian, who had a particular interest in the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and was president of the LMS Society.- Biography :...
An Illustrated Review of LMS Locomotives Vol. 2 Absorbed Pre-Group Classes Western and Central Divisions - Edward TalbotEdward TalbotEdward Talbot may refer to:*Edward Talbot, 8th Earl of Shrewsbury *Edward Kelley , also known as Edward Talbot, notorious sixteenth-century English criminal and medium*Edward Talbot , Anglican Bishop...
, The London & North Western Railway Eight-Coupled Goods Engines - Willie YeadonWillie YeadonWillie Brayshaw Yeadon was a British railway historian known for his magnum opus, Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives which covers every class of locomotive inherited and built by the London and North Eastern Railway, including those engines built to LNER designs by British Railways...
, Yeadon's Compendium of LNWR Locomotives Vol 2 Goods Tender Engines
External links
- LNWRS Webb page on the Class E (NB lifetime is incorrect as it includes G1 rebuilds)