LNWR Class G2

LNWR Class G2
LMS No. 9447 in photographic grey livery
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerBeames
Build date1921-1922
Total produced60
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-8-0
 • UICD h2
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.4 ft 5+1⁄2 in (1.359 m)
Loco weight62 long tons 0 cwt (138,900 lb or 63 t)
Total weight102 long tons 16 cwt (230,300 lb or 104.4 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity6 long tons 0 cwt (13,400 lb or 6.1 t)
Water cap.3,000 imp gal (14,000 L; 3,600 US gal)
Boiler pressure175 psi (1.21 MPa)
Cylinders2 inside
Cylinder size20.5 in × 24 in (521 mm × 610 mm)
Valve gearJoy
Valve typePiston valves
Loco brakeSteam
Train brakesVacuum
Performance figures
Tractive effort28,040 lbf (124.73 kN)
Career
OperatorsLNWR » LMS » BR
Power classBR, 7F
NicknamesSuper D
Withdrawn1959-1964
Disposition1 preserved, remainder scrapped

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Class G2 is a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. 60 were built at Crewe Works in 1921–1922. Uniquely amongst classes of LNWR 8-coupled tender engines, they were not rebuilt from or into other classes. Somewhat confusingly, the LNWR Class G2a is sometimes considered a subclass, but not in this article. They were classified by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) as 5, from 1928 7F.

Numbering

The LNWR used a lowest available number numbering system, meaning that numbers were somewhat haphazard. After the grouping in 1923, the LMS renumbered them 9395-9454 in order of build date. All were inherited by British Railways (BR) upon nationalisation in 1948. BR added 40000 to their numbers so that they became 49395-49454.[1]

Withdrawal

The class were withdrawn between May 1959 and December 1964, with the first member of the class to be withdrawn being No. 49436 and the final being No. 49430.

Table of withdrawals
Year Quantity in
service at
start of year		 Number withdrawn Quantity
withdrawn		 Locomotive numbers
1959 60 19 19 49395–98,
49400/09–10/17–20/24/27/29/35–36/42/45/50.
1960 41 0 19 –
1961 41 15 34 49399,
49401/05/11–14/21–23/33/41/43–44/53.
1962 21 20 54 49402–04/08/15–16/25–26/28/31–32/34/37–39/40/47/49/51–52.
1963 6 3 57 49406/48/54.
1964 3 3 60 49407/30/46

Preservation

Preserved No. 49395 at the East Lancashire Railway, January 2012

The first of the class, LNWR No. 485, LMS No. 9395, BR No. 49395 has been preserved and is part of the National Collection at the NRM. It had previously spent time at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust's Blists Hill Victorian Town.[2]

The locomotive is currently situated at the East Lancashire Railway where it is stored out of traffic awaiting a decision on its operational future. Now at NRM Shildon.[clarification needed]

References

  1. ^ Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 3, pp 39-40
  2. ^ Industrial Locomotives 1982 including preserved and minor railway locomotives. Oldbury, West Midlands: Industrial Railway Society. 1982. p. 140. ISBN 0-901096-43-1.

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to LNWR G2 Class.
  • Bob Essery & David Jenkinson An Illustrated Review of LMS Locomotives Vol. 2 Absorbed Pre-Group Classes Western and Central Divisions
  • Edward Talbot, The London & North Western Railway Eight-Coupled Goods Engines
  • Willie Yeadon, Yeadon's Compendium of LNWR Locomotives Vol 2 Goods Tender Engines