LNWR Special Tank

LNWR Special Tank

Crewe Works shunter No. 3323 still carrying its LNWR number in May 1948
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer John Ramsbottom
Builder Crewe Works
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
Build date 1870–1880
Total produced 260
Specifications
Configuration 0-6-0ST
UIC class C n2t
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia. 4 ft 3 in (1.295 m) + 2 12 inches (64 mm)
Wheelbase 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Loco weight 34 long tons (35 t)
Fuel capacity 1.5 long tons (1.5 t)
Water cap 600 imperial gallons (2,700 l; 720 US gal)
Firebox:
  Firegrate area
15 sq ft (1.4 m2)
Boiler pressure 150 lbf/in2 (1.03 MPa)
Heating surface 1,068.8 sq ft (99.29 m2)
Cylinders Two, inside
Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
Career
Operators
Disposition All scrapped

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.

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