The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Hughes Crab or Horwich Mogul is a class of mixed traffic 2-6-0

2-6-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This arrangement is commonly called a Mogul...

  steam locomotive

Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...

 built between 1926 and 1932. They are noted for their appearance with large highly-angled cylinders caused by restricted loading gauge. These locomotives were referred to as "Crabs", a term adopted due to the bizarre external shape of the standard engine.

Overview

Designed by George Hughes

George Hughes (engineer)

George Hughes was a locomotive engineer, and Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.-L&YR:...

 and built at the ex-L&YR works at Horwich and the ex-LNWR works at Crewe

Crewe

Crewe is a railway town within the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census the urban area had a population of 67,683...

, they actually appeared after Hughes had retired and been replaced by Henry Fowler

Henry Fowler (engineer)

Sir Henry Fowler, KBE was a Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway and subsequently the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.- Biography :...

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Numbers			Lot No.	Date	Built at
Original	LMS 1934	BR
13000–6	2700–6	42700–6	20	1926	Horwich Horwich Works Horwich Works was a railway works built in 1886 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in Horwich, near Bolton, in the North West of England when the company moved from its original works at Miles Platting, Manchester.-Buildings:...
13007–29	2707–29	42707–29	20	1927	Horwich Horwich Works Horwich Works was a railway works built in 1886 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in Horwich, near Bolton, in the North West of England when the company moved from its original works at Miles Platting, Manchester.-Buildings:...
13030–5	2730–5	42730–5	21	1926	Crewe Crewe Works Crewe railway works is a British railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway. It is located in the town of Crewe, in the county of Cheshire....
13036–99	2736–99	42736–99	21	1927	Crewe Crewe Works Crewe railway works is a British railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway. It is located in the town of Crewe, in the county of Cheshire....
13100–7	2800–7	42800–7	54	1928	Crewe Crewe Works Crewe railway works is a British railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway. It is located in the town of Crewe, in the county of Cheshire....
13108/9	2808/9	42808/9	54	1929	Crewe Crewe Works Crewe railway works is a British railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway. It is located in the town of Crewe, in the county of Cheshire....
13110–29	2810–29	42810–29	63	1929	Horwich Horwich Works Horwich Works was a railway works built in 1886 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in Horwich, near Bolton, in the North West of England when the company moved from its original works at Miles Platting, Manchester.-Buildings:...
13130–49	2830–49	42830–49	68	1930	Horwich Horwich Works Horwich Works was a railway works built in 1886 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in Horwich, near Bolton, in the North West of England when the company moved from its original works at Miles Platting, Manchester.-Buildings:...
13150–224	2850–924	42850–924	69	1930	Crewe Crewe Works Crewe railway works is a British railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway. It is located in the town of Crewe, in the county of Cheshire....
13225-34	2925-34	42925-34	80	1931	Crewe Crewe Works Crewe railway works is a British railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway. It is located in the town of Crewe, in the county of Cheshire....
13235–44	2935–44	42935–44	86	1932	Crewe Crewe Works Crewe railway works is a British railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway. It is located in the town of Crewe, in the county of Cheshire....

Initially numbered 13000–244, as standard locomotives they were given the lower numbers 2700–2944 in the LMS 1933 renumbering scheme. After being taken into British Railways stock an additional 40000 was added to their numbers, becoming 42700–944.

In 1931 five engines, 13118, 13122, 13124, 13125 and 13129 were fitted with Lentz valve gear

Valve gear

The valve gear of a steam engine is the mechanism that operates the inlet and exhaust valves to admit steam into the cylinder and allow exhaust steam to escape, respectively, at the correct points in the cycle...

. This was replaced on these engines in 1953 (which had now been renumbered 42818, 42822, 42824, 42825 and 42829) with Reidinger valve gear.

They were the basis for the LMS Stanier 2-6-0.

Preservation

Three have survived, 13000/(4)2700, 13065/(4)2765 and 13159/(4)2859. The first-built locomotive, 2700 is part of the National Railway Collection and currently on static display. 42765 has been restored to working order on the East Lancs Railway, but 42859 is still in scrapyard condition, stored at RAF Binbrook

RAF Binbrook

RAF Binbrook was a Bomber Command station during World War II. After the war it was amongst others the home of the Central Fighter Establishment...

 in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

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Models

Models exist in 00 gauge. An old, rather inaccurate model was produced by Lima, and an updated model has been produced by Bachmann. N gauge models are produced by Graham Farish

Graham Farish

Graham Farish is a company that produces large quantities of British outline model railway equipment in N gauge.-History:The Poole, Dorset based manufacturer of radio parts and kits entered the model railway business in the late 1940s, after the need for radio sets reduced post World War II...

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External links

• some photos of 42765