LNWR Class E

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (March 2015)

LNWR Class E
No. 1886 without tender
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer George Whale Rebuilder Crewe Works Rebuild date 1904–08 Number rebuilt 26 from Class B
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-8-0  • UIC 1′D n4v Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 4 ft 8 in (1,420 mm) Fuel type Coal Boiler 4 ft 5 in (1,346 mm) x 15 ft 6 in (4,724 mm) Boiler pressure 200 psi (1.4 MPa) Heating surface 1,753 sq ft (162.9 m2) Cylinders Four, two outside high-pressure, two inside low-pressure High-pressure cylinder 15 in × 24 in (381 mm × 610 mm) Low-pressure cylinder 20+1⁄2 in × 24 in (521 mm × 610 mm) Valve gear Joy
Career Operators London and North Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway Class E Power class LMS: 3F Number in class 26 Withdrawn 1907–28 Disposition 2 rebuilt to class F 1907–08; 18 rebuilt to class G1 1917–24; 6 scrapped 1927–28

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Class E was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives in service between 1904 and 1928.

History[]

No. 1886 with tender

26 were rebuilt by George Whale 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 Fs 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 A further four were rebuilt to Class G1 in 1923-4, while the remaining six engines were withdrawn still as Class Es in 1927/8, two of them never receiving their allocated LMS No. None was preserved.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[]

LMS numbers in parentheses were not carried prior to rebuilding as G1 or withdrawal.

Notes[]

References[]

• Baxter, Bertram (1979). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825-1923, volume 2B: London and North Western Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne: Moorland Publishing. ISBN 0-903485-84-2.

Further reading[]

• Essery, Bob; Jenkinson, David. An Illustrated Review of LMS Locomotives Vol. 2 Absorbed Pre-Group Classes Western and Central Divisions.
• Talbot, Edward. The London & North Western Railway Eight-Coupled Goods Engines.
• Yeadon, Willie. 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)