The London and North Western Railway

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) Waterloo class was a class of 2-4-0

2-4-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-4-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels....

 steam locomotives that was also known as the Whitworth class.

They were introduced by F.W. Webb in 1889, and 90 examples were built up to 1896.

The LNWR reused numbers and names from withdrawn locomotives, with the result that the numbering system was completely haphazard.

Thirty locomotives passed to the London, Midland and Scottish railway

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...

 at the 1923 grouping

Railways Act 1921

The Railways Act 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and to retain some of the benefits which...

. They were given the power classification 1P, and renumbered 5080–5109. In addition, five other members of the class survived in departmental service.

Retirements had started in 1907, and the last was withdrawn in 1936. None were preserved.

List of locomotives

List of LNWR Waterloo class locomotives extant at 1 January 1923

LNWR No.	LNWR Name	Date built	LMS No.	Date withdrawn	Notes
748	Waterloo		5080
1045	Whitworth		5081
733	Chimera		5082
814	Henrietta		5083
642	Bee		5084
901	Hero		5085
468	Wildfire		5086		† transferred to Civil Engineer's Dept in 1923/24 as Engineer Northampton
606	Narcissus		5087
735	Charon		5088
934	North Star		5089
124	Marquis Douro		5090
634	Ellesmere		5091
763	Violet		5092
764	Shap		5093
609	The Earl of Chester		5094		† transferred to Civil Engineer's Dept in 1923/24 as Engineer Walsall
628	Tartarus		5095
817	Constance		5096
824	Adelaide		5097
486	Skiddaw		5098
792	Theorem		5099		† transferred to Civil Engineer's Dept in 1923/24 as Engineer (spare engine)
737	Roberts		5100		† transferred to Civil Engineer's Dept in 1923/24 as Engineer Lancaster
793	Martin		5101		† transferred to Civil Engineer's Dept in 1923/24 as Engineer Watford
1168	Cuckoo		5102
732	Hecla		5103
794	Woodlark		5104
2158	Sister Dora		5105
773	Centaur		5106
424	Sirius		5107
1166	Wyre		5108
2157	Unicorn		5109
885	Vampire		—		† transferred to Civil Engineer's Dept as Engineer (spare engine)
209	Petrel		—		transferred to Civil Engineer's Dept as Engineer Crewe, later Engineer South Wales
742	Spitfire		—		transferred to Civil Engineer's Dept as Engineer Liverpool
1166	Wyre		—		† transferred to Civil Engineer's Dept in 1923/24 as Engineer Bangor
2156	Sphinx		—		transferred to Civil Engineer's Dept in 1923/24 as Engineer Manchester

• † Engines were from Samson class. Similar, but had 6 in 0 in (1.83 m) driving wheels, and 16 by 20 in (406.4 by 508 mm) cylinders.
• Note that two different engines carried the number and name 1166 Wyre.