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) Renown Class was a class of 4-4-0

4-4-0

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

 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...

s. They were rebuilds of F.W. Webb's 4 cylinder compounds of the Jubilee

LNWR Jubilee Class

The London and North Western Railway Jubilee Class was a class of 4-4-0 4-cylinder compound locomotives by F.W. Webb. A total of forty were built from 1897–1900.Slightly unusually for the LNWR, the class received a number series, this being 1901–1940....

 and Alfred the Great

LNWR Alfred the Great Class

The London and North Western Railway Alfred the Great class, after modification known as the Benbow Class was a class of 4-4-0 4-cylinder compound locomotives by F.W. Webb. A total of forty were built from 1901–1903...

 classes into 2 cylinder simple engines by 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...

, later continued by Charles Bowen-Cooke

Charles Bowen-Cooke

Charles John Bowen Cooke was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway . He was the first to add superheating to the locomotives of the railway. He wrote a book called British locomotives: their history, construction; and modern development which was published in 1893,...

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The first to be rebuilt was number 1918 Renown in 1908.

The rebuilds retained their original numbers. Unusually for the LNWR, the parent classes also had logical number series. Thus the Renowns were all numbered in the 1901–1940 series for ex-Jubilee Class and 1941–1980 for ex-Benbow class. In 1920, locomotive 1914 Invincible was renumbered 1257, and the number 1914 was then taken by the Claughton Class

LNWR Claughton Class

The London and North Western Railway Claughton Class was a class of 4-cylinder express passenger 4-6-0 steam locomotives.They were introduced in 1913, the first of the class No. 2222 was named in honour of Sir Gilbert Claughton, who was the Chairman of the LNWR at that time...

 war memorial

War memorial

A war memorial is a building, monument, statue or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or to commemorate those who died or were injured in war.-Historic usage:...

 engine 1914 Patriot.

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...

(LMS) acquired 56 Renowns in 1923. The LMS allocated these numbers in the 5131–5186 series, listed according to date of rebuilding, though not all numbers were applied before withdrawals started in 1928. Meanwhile, the LMS renumbered the existing compounds into the 5110–5129 series (though some were withdrawn before numbers could be allocated, and others were allocated numbers but not applied), and converted another 14 of these, which retained their numbers, thus taking the total for the class up to 70. All were gone by 1931 and none was preserved.

Locomotive list

LNWR Renown class locomotive list

LNWR No.	LNWR Name	Rebuilt from ”Jubilee”	Rebuilt from “Alfred”	LMS No.	Date withdrawn	Notes
1901	Jubilee			5156
1902	Black Prince			5157
1903	Iron Duke			5110
1905	Black Diamond			5137
1906	Robin Hood			5149
1907	Black Watch			5178
1909	Crusader			5159
1910	Cavalier			5172
1911	Centurion			5112
1912	Colossus			5113
1913	Canopus			5132
1914	Invincible			5144		Renumbered 1257 in 1920
1915	Implacable			5114
1916	Irresistible			5155
1917	Inflexible			5184
1918	Renown			5131
1919	Resolution			5160
1920	Flying Fox			5166
1921	John of Gaunt			5134
1922	Intrepid			5146
1924	Powerful			5183
1925	Warrior			5147
1926	La France			5180
1927	Goliath			5116
1928	Glatton			5173
1929	Polyphemus			5117
1930	Ramillies			5142
1931	Agincourt			5176
1932	Anson			5162
1933	Barfleur			5169
1934	Blenheim			5165
1935	Collingwood			5133
1936	Royal Sovereign			5150
1937	Superb			5154
1938	Sultan			5161
1939	Temeraire			5158
1940	Trafalgar			5170
1941	Alfred the Great			5179
1942	King Edward VII			5185
1943	Queen Alexandra			5145
1945	Magnificent			5139
1946	Diadem			5138
1947	Zillah			5174
1948	Camperdown			5141
1949	King Arthur			5152
1950	Victorius			5186
1951	Bacchante			5136
1952	Benbow			5119
1953	Formidable			5120
1954	Galatea			5121
1957	Orion			5148
1958	Royal Oak			5181
1959	Revenge			5143
1960	Francis Stevenson			5153
1961	Albemarle			5140
1962	Aurora			5171
1963	Boadicea			5163
1964	Caesar			5123
1965	Charles H. Mason			5151
1967	Cressy			5125		Never carried its LMS number
1968	Cumberland			5164
1969	Dominion			5126
1970	Good Hope			5127
1971	Euryalus			5135
1972	Hindostan			5168
1973	Hood			5175
1975	Jupiter			5167
1977	Mars			5129
1978	Merlin			5177
1980	Neptune			5182