L&YR Class 21

L&YR Class 21

L&YR 'Pug' 0-4-0ST at work in Goole Docks 1954
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder
Order number Horwich Lots 10, 20, 26, 46, 52, 65
Serial number
  • VF: 1176–1178
  • H: 811–20; 921–30, 1092–1111
Build date 1886, (3) 1891–1910 (57)
Total produced 60
Specifications
Configuration 0-4-0ST
UIC class B n2t
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia. 3 ft 0 in (0.914 m)
Wheelbase
  • Vulcan: 6 ft 0 in (1.829 m)
  • Horwich: 5 ft 9 in (1.753 m)
Loco weight 21.25 long tons (21.59 t; 23.80 short tons)
Fuel type Coal
Boiler pressure
  • Vulcan: 140 lbf/in2 (0.97 MPa);
  • Horwich: 160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa)
Heating surface 475.75 sq ft (44.199 m2)
Cylinders Two, outside
Cylinder size 13 in × 18 in (330 mm × 457 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort 10,060–11,492 lbf (44.7–51.1 kN)
Career
Operators
Class L&YR: 21
Power class LMS: 0F
Number in class 1 January 1923: 58;
1 January 1948: 23
Numbers LMS: 11200–11257
Retired 1910–1963
Disposition Two preserved, remainder scrapped

The L&YR Class 21 is a class of small 0-4-0ST steam locomotive built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway for shunting duties. They were nicknamed Pugs.

Construction history

The class originates in the purchase of three saddle tank locomotives ordered from Vulcan Foundry in 1886. They were fitted with an 8-foot-10-inch (2.69 m) long, 3-foot-0-inch (914 mm) diameter boiler pressed to 140 lbf/in2 (965 kPa) powering two outside 13-by-18-inch (330 mm × 457 mm) cylinders connected to 3-foot-0-inch (914 mm) driving wheels. The wheelbase was 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) and the total heating surface of the saturated boiler was 475.75 sq ft (44.20 m2).[1]

J. A. F. Aspinall then ordered more locomotives of a modified design: the wheelbase was shortened to 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m), the tank was extended over the smokebox, the cab was enlarged, [2] and the boiler pressure raised to 160 lbf/in2 (1,103 kPa). Seventeen of this modified design were ordered from Horwich Works in three batches; Aspinall's successor Henry Hoy order another batch of 10; and Hoy's successor George Hughes ordered 30 more in two batches.

Table of orders and numbers[3]
Lot No. Qty Manufacturer Serial Nos. Year L&Y Nos. LMS Nos.
— 3 Vulcan Foundry 1176–1178 1886 916–918 11200, —, —
10 6 Horwich Works (none) 1891 1153–1156, 32, 310 11201–11206
20 6 Horwich Works (none) 1893–94 504, 654, 729, 1230–1232 11207–11212
26 5 Horwich Works (none) 1895 1286–1290 11213–11217
46 10 Horwich Works 811–820 1901 68, 113, 139, 155, 377, 389, 399, 402, 403, 476 11218–11227
52 10 Horwich Works 921–930 1905–06 260, 813, 814, 821, 823, 825, 832, 840, 865, 879 11228–11237
65 20 Horwich Works 1092–1111 1910 2, 3, 8, 12, 17, 19, 28, 43, 56, 64, 71, 75, 118, 226, 271, 298, 481, 517, 613, 614 11238–11257

The last locomotive was delivered in July 1910, four months before the first retirement; 917 and 918 were withdrawn in November that year, but were not scrapped until November 1912.[2]

Operational history

L&YR 0-4-0ST Pug 51216 at Bank Hall MPD in 1951. Note the smoke deflector over the chimney for operation beneath the Liverpool Overhead Railway, under which the dock lines often ran

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) gave the locomotives the power classification 0F. In total sixty were made between 1886 and 1910. They were built for use in sharply curved sidings for shunting duties. The Pugs were allocated by the L&YR for operation in the industrial areas and docks of Fleetwood, Goole, Liverpool and Salford. In later times they became more widely dispersed, reaching places such as Bristol, Bangor, Crewe, Derby, Widnes, York and Swansea. When the LMS was merged into British Railways on 1 January 1948, 23 'Pugs' remained in service; BR added 40,000 to their fleet numbers.

Withdrawals started in 1910 with two going in that year. Four went in the 1920s, 31 in the 1930s; leaving 23 to be withdrawn between 1957 and 1964.

Table of withdrawals[3]
Year Quantity in
service at
start of year 		Quantity
withdrawn 		Locomotive numbers Notes
1910 60 2 917, 918
1924 58 1 11220 to service stock, scrapped 1930
1925 57 1 916 LMS number not applied
1926 56 2 1153, 654 LMS numbers not applied
1930 54 4 11210/14/19/42
1931 50 10 11203/09/26/33/38/43/47/48/52 11238 in service stock since 1924; 11243 sold to Mowlem & Co. Bassett, then to United Glass Bottle Manufacturers Prince, then to preservation
1932 40 4 11211/25/28/30 11225 sold to J. F. Wake
1933 36 3 11223/45/51 11245 in service stock since 1931, sold to North Wales Granite Co.; 11251 sold to Frazer & Co.
1934 33 5 11213/24/36/55/56 11224 sold to A. R. Adams; 11255 sold to J. F. Wake
1935 28 2 11205/39
1936 26 1 11249 sold to Cooke & Nuttall
1937 25 1 11257 sold to Holloway Brothers
1938 24 1 11215
1956 23 1 51216
1957 22 3 51212/34/40 11234 in service stock between 1924 and 1933
1958 19 3 51202/30/35
1959 16 1 51231
1960 15 2 51221/27
1961 13 3 51217/29/46
1962 10 6 51204/06/07/22/41/44
1963 4 3 51232/37/53 11253 stored between 1924 and 1928
1964 1 1 51218 Preserved

Accidents and incidents

Preservation

Two "Pugs" have survived into preservation, both through the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Trust.[5] L&YR No. 19 (LMS No. 11243), built in 1910, was sold by the LMS into industry in 1931 and was acquired by the Trust from the United Glass Bottle Manufacturers Ltd. at Charlton in 1967. It was found to be in poor mechanical condition and was later placed on static display pending overhaul, most recently at the Ribble Steam Railway. L&YR No. 68 (LMS No. 11218, BR No. 51218), built in 1901, was purchased directly from British Rail in 1964 and moved to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in January 1965. The locomotive was re-tubed in 1974 and took part in the Stockton & Darlington Railway cavalcade that year. The locomotive was overhauled again in 1997 and continued in service, albeit mostly as a shunting locomotive due to its low power, until its boiler was condemned in 2006. The locomotive, which has carried its original identity of L&YR 68 since 2004, is now in storage at Haworth on the K&WVR pending overhaul following completion of 0-6-0ST No. 752.[6]

Models

Several models of the 'Pug' have been produced commercially.

The first was a 'OO'-scale polystyrene kit made in the 1960s by Kitmaster, the moulds for which were subsequently sold to Airfix then passed on to Dapol, which still manufactures the former Airfix plastic kit range. This kit has often been used as the basis for a narrow-gauge 'pug bash' locomotive running on 00-9 tracks.

A ready-to-run OO model was produced initially by Dapol and then Hornby where the Pug was produced until 2000. The Pug was reintroduced to Hornby's range in 2010 (R2927) in early British Railways Livery.

Larger scale models are available from a number of suppliers including Tower Models of Blackpool.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Baxter 1982, p. 69.
  2. 1 2 Baxter 1982, p. 70.
  3. 1 2 Baxter 1982, pp. 69–70, 88–89.
  4. ↑ Earnshaw 1993, p. 37.
  5. ↑ http://www.lyrtrust.org.uk
  6. ↑ http://www.lyrtrust.org.uk/

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