LNWR Class B
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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) Class B was a class of 0-8-0
0-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...
steam locomotives. A development of the three-cylinder compound Class A
LNWR Class A
The London and North Western Railway Class A was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. From 1893 to 1900, Crewe built 111 of these engines, which had a three cylinder compound arrangement, and were designed by Francis Webb....
(though this letter classification was not introduced until 1911), they had a 4-cylinder compound arrangement. 170 were built between 1901-1904.
Between 1904 and 1908, Webb's successor George Whale
George Whale
George Whale was a British locomotive engineer who worked for the London and North Western Railway .Whale was born in Bocking, Essex. In 1858 he entered Wolverton Works under James Edward McConnell, and from 1862 under John Ramsbottom. In 1865 he entered the drawing office at Crewe Works, and in...
added leading pony truck to 26 engines, making them 2-8-0
2-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...
s and taking them into Class E
LNWR Class E
The London and North Western Railway Class E was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives in service between 1904 and 1928.-History: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...
(again from 1911). Between 1906 and 1908, Whale also rebuilt 10 with larger Experiment
LNWR Whale Experiment Class
The London and North Western Railway Experiment Class of was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed by George Whale.They were an extended version of the Whale's Precursor Class 4-4-0, with slightly smaller driving wheels. The first of the class, 66 Experiment was built in 1905 and a total of...
-type boiler to Class F
LNWR Class F
The London and North Western Railway Class F was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives in service between 1906 and 1928.-History:George Whale had originally rebuilt the Class B compound 0-8-0s with the simple addition of a leading pony truck between 1904-1908 to what would from 1911 become Class E...
, again adding a leading pony truck. (Two more Class Bs were also converted to Class Es via Class Fs). Neither of these conversions were particularly successful and as a result, 17 were rebuilt to Class D
LNWR Class D
The London and North Western Railway Class D was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. They were simple engine rebuilds of earlier Webb Class A three-cylinder compound engines....
with 2-cylinder simple expansion between 1910 and 1917.
Whale's Successor Charles Bowen Cooke rebuilt a further 91 direct from Class Bs to 2-cylinder simple superheated LNWR Class G1 (also known as "Super Ds").
A boiler explosion
Boiler explosion
A boiler explosion is a catastrophic failure of a boiler. As seen today, boiler explosions are of two kinds. One kind is over-pressure in the pressure parts of the steam and water sides. The second kind is explosion in the furnace. Boiler explosions of pressure parts are particularly associated...
destroyed No. 134 on 11 November 1921 at Buxton
Buxton
Buxton is a spa town in Derbyshire, England. It has the highest elevation of any market town in England. Located close to the county boundary with Cheshire to the west and Staffordshire to the south, Buxton is described as "the gateway to the Peak District National Park"...
, leaving 10 in the class. All of these were inherited by the LMS in 1923, who allocated them the numbers 8900/16/19/23/28/37/8/46-9 but only applied half of these (8900/16/19/37/8) before withdrawal in 1927-1928. None was preserved.
Further reading
- Bob EsseryBob EsseryRobert J. "Bob" Essery is a British railway modeller and historian with a particular interest in the London Midland and Scottish Railway and one of its principal constituents, the Midland Railway ....
& David JenkinsonDavid JenkinsonDavid Jenkinson was a railway modeller and historian, who had a particular interest in the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and was president of the LMS Society.- Biography :...
An Illustrated Review of LMS Locomotives Vol. 2 Absorbed Pre-Group Classes Western and Central Divisions - Edward TalbotEdward TalbotEdward Talbot may refer to:*Edward Talbot, 8th Earl of Shrewsbury *Edward Kelley , also known as Edward Talbot, notorious sixteenth-century English criminal and medium*Edward Talbot , Anglican Bishop...
, The London & North Western Railway Eight-Coupled Goods Engines - Willie YeadonWillie YeadonWillie Brayshaw Yeadon was a British railway historian known for his magnum opus, Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives which covers every class of locomotive inherited and built by the London and North Eastern Railway, including those engines built to LNER designs by British Railways...
, Yeadon's Compendium of LNWR Locomotives Vol 2 Goods Tender Engines