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No. 114 built at Horwich with a cylindrical firebox, longer than the original type
footplate view of cylindrical firebox
Twenty of the class, built in 1903, were fitted with Henry Hoy's corrugated cylindrical steel firebox. This was not a great success (the internal flue deformed under steam pressure and water circulation was poor)[2] and they were later rebuilt with conventional boilers between 1911 and 1914. Crews referred to them as "Sea Pigs" which infers they were not well liked. [3]
Numbering[]
A total of 60 locomotives was built and these passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923. The LMS numbered them 12700-12759 and gave them the power classification 5F. In 1948, British Railways (BR) inherited only 1 surviving locomotive. This was LMS 12727 (L&YR 1433 ) and BR numbered it 52727.[4]
Withdrawal[]
The first locomotive was withdrawn in 1926 and the last in 1950. None were preserved.
References[]
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^Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives; part 3 (1948 ed.). p. 44.