The
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the LNWR was the largest joint stock company in the world.
Dubbed the "Premier Line", the LNWR's main line connec ...
(LNWR) Class C was a class of
steam locomotives
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...
. They were two cylinder simple expansion rebuilds of the three-cylinder
Class A designed by
F.W. Webb. Fifteen Class As were converted to Class C between 1904 and 1906 by
George Whale.
Class C1
The Class A boilers proved inadequate for the 19½ inch bore cylinders of the Class C so the next 34 Class A conversions were to Class C1 with 18½ inch bore cylinders.
Numbering
All passed into
LMS ownership in 1923, and the LMS allocated them the numbers 8953-67, though not all were applied before withdrawal.
Rebuilding
The LMS rebuilt five of the Class Cs (LMS Nos 8953/4/62/4/6) to
Class G1 between 1925 and 1927.
Withdrawal
The remaining 10 engines were withdrawn between 1927 and 1932. None were preserved.
References
Further reading
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0-8-0 locomotives
C
Railway locomotives introduced in 1904
Standard-gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain
D n2 locomotives
Scrapped locomotives