L&YR Class 26

L&YR Class 26
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer Henry Hoy
Builder Horwich Works
Order number Lot 49
Serial number 861–880
Build date October 1903 – August 1904
Total produced 20
Specifications
Configuration 2-6-2T
UIC class 1′C1′ n2t
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia 3 ft 7 34 in (1.111 m)
Driver diameter 5 ft 8 in (1.727 m)
Trailing dia 3 ft 7 34 in (1.111 m)
Length 42 ft 4 in (12.9 m)
Loco weight 77.50 long tons (78.74 t)
Fuel type Coal
Fuel capacity 3.75 long tons (3.81 t)
Water cap 2,000 imp gal (9,100 l; 2,400 US gal)
Firebox:
  Firegrate area
26.0 sq ft (2.42 m2)
Boiler pressure 175 lbf/in2 (1.21 MPa)
Heating surface 2,038.6 sq ft (189.39 m2)
Cylinders Two, inside
Cylinder size 19 in × 26 in (483 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear Joy
Performance figures
Tractive effort 19,797 lbf (88.1 kN)
Career
Operators
Power class LMS: 3F
Withdrawn December 1920 – August 1928
Disposition All scrapped

The L&YR Class 26 was a class of 2-6-2T steam locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. It was designed by Henry Hoy and introduced in 1903. Twenty locomotives were built but 3 were withdrawn in 1922, so 17 passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the grouping in 1923.[1]

Numbering

Table of locomotives [2]
L&YR no. Built LMS no. Withdrawn Notes
202 Oct 1903 Dec 1920
387 Nov 1903 11700 May 1925
404 Nov 1903 Dec 1920
454 Nov 1903 11701 Jan 1926
467 Dec 1903 11702 May 1925
527 Jan 1904 11703 Mar 1926
712 Feb 1904 11704 Aug 1926
744 Feb 1904 11705 Aug 1926
837 Mar 1904 11706 Jun 1925
125 Mar 1904 May 1923
1441 Apr 1904 11707 Aug 1926
1442 Apr 1904 11708 Jul 1925
1443 May 1904 11709 Jun 1925
1444 May 1904 11710 Jan 1925
1445 Jun 1904 11711 Sep 1924
1446 Jun 1904 11712 Aug 1926
1447 Jul 1904 11713 Feb 1926
1448 Jul 1904 11714 Feb 1925
1449 Jul 1904 11715 1924
1450 Aug 1904 11716 Aug 1926

Withdrawal

All had been withdrawn and scrapped by 1926: only two (11704 and 11711) received their LMS number. None have been preserved.

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