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 F was a class of
2-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. ...
steam locomotives in service between 1906 and 1928.
History
George Whale
George Whale (7 December 1842 – 7 March 1910) was an English locomotive engineer who was born in Bocking, Essex, and educated in Lewisham, London. He worked for the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).
Career
In 1858 he entered the LNWR's ...
had rebuilt 26 of the
Class B compound 0-8-0s with the addition of a leading pony truck between 1904–1908 to what would become
Class E in 1911. However, from 1906 10 Class Bs were rebuilt with larger diameter boilers, along with a pair of Class Es (Nos. 1038 and 647) in 1907 and 1908 respectively.
From 1921, the LNWR started rebuilding the Class Fs into
Class G1 superheated 0-8-0s, and by the grouping of 1923 six had been rebuilt. The remaining six were allocated the LMS numbers 9610–5. The LMS rebuilt a further four into G1s between 1923 and 1925. The last two were withdrawn and scrapped in 1927 and 1928 without being rebuilt.
List of locomotives
LMS numbers in parentheses were not carried prior to rebuilding as G1 or withdrawal.
Notes
References
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Further reading
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Bob Essery
Robert John "Bob" Essery (22 November 1930 – 23 November 2021) was a British railway modeller and historian with a particular interest in the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and one of its principal constituents, the Midland Railway ...
&
David Jenkinson
David Jenkinson (6 August 1934 – 27 April 2004) was a railway modeller and historian, who had a particular interest in the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and was president of the LMS Society. Biography
Jenkinson was born in ...
''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''
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Willie Yeadon
Willie Brayshaw Yeadon (28 June 1907 – 16 January 1997), was a British railway historian known for his ''magnum opus'', ''Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives'' and other works.
Biography
Willie Yeadon was born in Yeadon, West Riding of Yo ...
, ''Yeadon's Compendium of LNWR Locomotives Vol 2 Goods Tender Engines''
External links
LNWRS Webb page on the Class Fs
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Compound locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1906
Standard-gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain
2-8-0 locomotives
1′D n4v locomotives