LNWR Special Tank
LNWR Special Tank
Crewe Works shunter No. 3323 still carrying its LNWR number in May 1948 |
Type and origin |
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Power type |
Steam |
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Designer |
John Ramsbottom |
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Builder |
Crewe Works |
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Serial number |
1310–1319, 1330–1339, 1434–1463, 1562–1581, 1702–1721, 1822–1841, 1942–1961, 2024–2033, 2094–2113, 2154–2213, 2289–2308, 2339-2358 |
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Build date |
1870–1880 |
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Total produced |
260 |
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Specifications |
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Configuration |
0-6-0ST |
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UIC class |
C n2t |
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Gauge |
4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
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Driver dia. |
4 ft 3 in (1.295 m) + 2 1⁄2 inches (64 mm) |
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Wheelbase |
15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
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Loco weight |
34 long tons (35 t) |
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Fuel capacity |
1.5 long tons (1.5 t) |
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Water cap |
600 imperial gallons (2,700 l; 720 US gal) |
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Firebox: • Firegrate area |
15 sq ft (1.4 m2) |
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Boiler pressure |
150 lbf/in2 (1.03 MPa) |
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Heating surface |
1,068.8 sq ft (99.29 m2) |
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Cylinders |
Two, inside |
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Cylinder size |
17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm) |
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Career |
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Operators |
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Disposition |
All scrapped |
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The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Special Tank was a class of 0-6-0ST steam locomotives. They were a saddle tank version of the LNWR DX Goods class. A total of 278 locomotives were built from 1870 onwards, of which five survived to be inherited by British Railways in 1948. These five were in departmental stock: four – numbered 3 (né 317), 6, 7 (2329) and 8 Earlstown (2359) – as Carriage Department shunters at Wolverton Works; and No. 3323 (né 2322 of May 1878), a shunter at Crewe Works.
References
- Baxter, Bertram (1978). Baxter, David, ed. British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 2A: London and North Western Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. pp. 158–177. ISBN 0-903485-51-6.
- Casserley, H. C. & Johnston, Stuart W. (1974) [1966]. Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0554-0.
- Longworth, Hugh. British Railway (sic) Steam Locomotives 1948-1968.
- "Goods Engines of LNWR: Special Tank". London and North Western Railway Society. 6 September 2003.