LNWR 19in Express Goods Class

LNWR 19-inch Goods

No. 285 in photographic grey livery without tender

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	George Whale
Builder	Crewe Works
Serial number	4600–19, 4640–59, 4690–4769, 4790–4819, 4870–89
Build date	1906–1909
Total produced	170

Specifications
Configuration	4-6-0
UIC class	2′C n2
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.	3 ft 3 in (0.991 m)
Driver dia.	5 ft 2 ¹⁄₂ in (1.588 m)
Loco weight	63 long tons (64 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Heating surface	1,984.8 sq ft (184.39 m²)
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	19 in × 26 in (483 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Joy
Valve type	Balanced slide valves

Career
Operators	London and North Western Railway → London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Power class	LMS: 4F
Nicknames	Experiment Goods
Withdrawn	1931–1950
Disposition	All scrapped

No. 2000 at Euston Station with tender

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) 19in Express Goods Class, otherwise known as the Experiment Goods Class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives. They were essentially a smaller wheeled version of the Whale's Experiment Class and were an early attempt at a mixed traffic engine.

Crewe built 170 engines between 1906 and 1909. The LNWR reused numbers from withdrawn locomotives, so the numbering was haphazard. All passed onto LMS ownership in 1923. The LMS gave them the power classification 4F. The LMS renumbered them into the more logical series 8700–8869. Withdrawals started in 1931. British Railways acquired three 8801/24/34 in 1948, but all were withdrawn by 1950 before they could receive their allocated numbers 48801/24/34. None was preserved.

References

Baxter, Bertram (1979). Baxter, David, ed. British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 2B: London and North Western Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. pp. 268–271. ISBN 0-903485-84-2.

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