L&YR Class 2

For other uses, see L&YR Class 2 (Aspinall).

L&YR Class 2

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	William Barton Wright
Builder	Various
Build date	1885-1887
Total produced	36

Specifications
Configuration	4-4-0
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Driver diameter	6 ft 0 in (1.829 m)
Loco weight	43.25 long tons (43.94 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Boiler pressure	160 psi (1.10 MPa)
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	17.5 in × 26 in (444 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson

Performance figures
Tractive effort	15,040 lbf (66.9 kN)

Career
Operators	L&YR, LMS
Power class	LMS 1P
Withdrawn	1906-1930
Disposition	All scrapped

The L&YR Class 2 was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. It was designed by William Barton Wright and introduced in 1885.

Construction

Thirty-six locomotives were built and 2 passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the grouping in 1923.^[1]

Numbering

Full details not currently available. The two which passed to the LMS were:

L&YR no.	LMS no.	Notes
922	10100
924	10101

Withdrawal

Withdrawals began in 1906 and the last locomotive was withdrawn and scrapped in 1930. None have been preserved.

References

↑ Casserley, H.C. and Johnston, S.W., Locomotives at the Grouping, no.3, LMS, page 102, Ian Allan, 1966

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway locomotives

Jenkins and Hurst (1845-1867}	To be added

Yates and Hurst (1868-1875)	To be added

William Barton Wright (1875-1886)	2 23 25

John Aspinall (1886-1899)	2 (Aspinall) 3 5 7 21 24 27 30

Henry Hoy (1899-1904)	26

George Hughes (1904-1922)	4 6 8 28 30 (Hughes) 30 (Hughes compound) 31 32 4-6-4T

Locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway LMS locomotives British Railways steam locomotives

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