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 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 4 ft 3 in (1.295 m) + 2 ^1⁄2 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 m^2) Boiler pressure 150 lbf/in^2 (1.03 MPa) Heating surface 1,068.8 sq ft (99.29 m^2) Cylinders Two, inside Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)

Career Operators London and North Western Railway London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways 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.

References

• Baxter, Bertram (1978). Baxter, David, ed. British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 2A: London and North Western Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. pp. 158–177. ISBN 0-903485-51-6.
• Casserley, H. C. & Johnston, Stuart W. (1974) [1966]. Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0554-0.
• Hugh Longworth British Railway (sic) Steam Locomotives 1948-1968.
• http://www.lnwrs.org.uk/GoodsLocos/Loco04.php