L&YR Class 24

L&YR Class 24

No. 11535 at Bank Hall Locomotive Depot in 1948

Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Aspinall Build date 1897 Total produced 20

Specifications Configuration 0-6-0T Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver diameter 4 ft 0 in (1.219 m) Loco weight 50 long tons (51 t) Fuel type Coal Boiler pressure 160 psi (1.10 MPa) Cylinders 2 outside Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm) Valve gear Allan

Performance figures Tractive effort 17,470 lbf (77.7 kN)

Career Operators L&YR, LMS Power class LMS 2F Disposition All scrapped

The L&YR Class 24 was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. It was designed by Aspinall and introduced in 1897. Twenty locomotives were built but 6 were withdrawn between 1917 and 1922.

Transfer to LMS

Fourteen locomotives passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the grouping in 1923.^[1]

Transfer to BR

After further withdrawals, 5 locomotives passed to British Railways (BR) in 1948 and they were numbered as shown in the table below.^[2]

Numbering

L&YR no.	LMS no.	BR no.
1352	11533
1353	11534
1355	11535	51535
1356	11536	51536
1358	11537	51537
1359	11538
1360	11539
494	11540
495	11541
496	11542
499	11543
501	11544	51544
505	11545
506	11546	51546

Withdrawal

All had been withdrawn by 1961. None were preserved.

References

1. Casserley, H.C. and Johnston, S.W., Locomotives at the Grouping, no.3, LMS, page 115, Ian Allan, 1966
2. Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 3, page 42