LNWR Dock Tank
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The London and North Western Railway
(LNWR) Dock Tank or Bissell Tank consisted of a class of 20 square saddle-tanked steam locomotives. They had a very short coupled wheelbase
, with a trailing Bissell truck to carry weight. The LMS gave them the power classification 0F. 2 survived to enter British Railways service in 1948. 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) Dock Tank or Bissell Tank consisted of a class of 20 square saddle-tanked steam locomotives. They had a very short coupled wheelbase
Wheelbase
In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels.- Road :In automobiles, the wheelbase is the horizontal distance between the center of the front wheel and the center of the rear wheel...
, with a trailing Bissell truck to carry weight. The LMS gave them the power classification 0F. 2 survived to enter British Railways service in 1948. None was preserved.