LNWR Waterloo Class
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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) Waterloo class was a class of 2-4-0
2-4-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-4-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels....

 steam locomotives that was also known as the Whitworth class.

They were introduced by F.W. Webb in 1889, and 90 examples were built up to 1896.

The LNWR reused numbers and names from withdrawn locomotives, with the result that the numbering system was completely haphazard.

Thirty locomotives passed to 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...

 at the 1923 grouping
Railways Act 1921
The Railways Act 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and to retain some of the benefits which...

. They were given the power classification 1P, and renumbered 5080–5109. In addition, five other members of the class survived in departmental service.

Retirements had started in 1907, and the last was withdrawn in 1936. None were preserved.

List of locomotives


  • † Engines were from Samson class. Similar, but had 6 in 0 in (1.83 m) driving wheels, and 16 by 20 in (406.4 by 508 mm) cylinders.
  • Note that two different engines carried the number and name 1166 Wyre.

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