LNWR Class E

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 n4vg 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 m^2) 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London and North Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway Class E Power class LMS: 3F Number in class 26 Withdrawn 1907–28 Disposition 2 rebuilt to class F 1907–08; 18 rebuilt to class G1 1917–24; 6 scrapped 1927–28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 and 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 Class Es (No. 1038 in 1907 and No. 647 in 1908) were further rebuilt to Class Fs by replacing the 4 ft 3 in (130 cm) diameter boiler with a larger 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) diameter boiler.

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 modified by the grouping of 1923, and a further pair were rebuilt 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 A further four were rebuilt to Class G1 in 1923-4, while the remaining six engines were withdrawn as Class Es in 1927/8, two of them never receiving their allocated LMS number. None were preserved.

List of locomotives

LNWR no.	Rebuilt from B	LMS no.	Fate	Notes
1883	1904		Rebuilt to G1 1918	[1]
1884	1904		Rebuilt to G1 1917	[1]
1885	1905		Rebuilt to G1 1917	[1]
1886	1904		Rebuilt to G1 1923	[1]
1888	1904	(9600)	Rebuilt to G1 1924	[1]
1889	1906		Rebuilt to G1 1920	[2]
905	1905	9601	Withdrawn 1928	[2]
18	1905	(9602)	Withdrawn 1928	[2]
2558	1906	9603	Withdrawn 1928	[3]
2563	1908	(9604)	Rebuilt to G1 1924	[3]
1017	1906	(9605)	Withdrawn 1927	[3]
1038	1905		Rebuilt to F 1907	[3]
1042	1906	9606	Withdrawn 1928	[3]
1064	1906	(9607)	Rebuilt to G1 1923	[4]
1065	1906		Rebuilt to G1 1919	[4]
1222	1906	9608	Withdrawn 1928	[4]
1223	1906		Rebuilt to G1 1921	[4]
1227	1908		Rebuilt to G1 1921	[4]
1236	1906		Rebuilt to G1 1921	[4]
2574	1906		Rebuilt to G1 1920	[5]
1586	1906		Rebuilt to G1 1921	[6]
647	1907		Rebuilt to F 1908	[6]
1585	1906	(9609)	Rebuilt to G1 1923	[7]
2056	1907		Rebuilt to G1 1921	[7]
437	1906		Rebuilt to G1 1922	[7]
2169	1906		Rebuilt to G1 1923	[7]

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

Notes

1. Baxter 1979, p. 254.
2. Baxter 1979, p. 255.
3. Baxter 1979, p. 256.
4. Baxter 1979, p. 257.
5. Baxter 1979, p. 258.
6. Baxter 1979, p. 259.
7. Baxter 1979, p. 260.

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 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (NB lifetime is incorrect as it includes G1 rebuilds)