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(LNWR) Renown Class was a class of

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s. They were rebuilds of F.W. Webb's 4-cylinder compounds of the

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classes into 2-cylinder simple engines by

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, later continued by Charles Bowen-Cooke. The first to be rebuilt was number 1918 ''Renown'' in 1908. The rebuilds retained their original numbers. Unusually for the LNWR, the parent classes also had logical number series. Thus the Renowns were all numbered in the 1901–1940 series for ex-Jubilee Class and 1941–1980 for ex-Benbow class. In 1920, locomotive 1914 '' Invincible'' was renumbered 1257, and the number 1914 was then taken by the Claughton Class

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engine 1914 ''Patriot''. Hamstead and Great Barr Station - lnwrgb4461

The

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(LMS) acquired 56 Renowns in 1923. The LMS allocated these numbers in the 5131–5186 series, listed according to date of rebuilding, though not all numbers were applied before withdrawals started in 1928. Meanwhile, the LMS renumbered the existing compounds into the 5110–5129 series (though some were withdrawn before numbers could be allocated, and others were allocated numbers but not applied), and converted another 14 of these, which retained their numbers, thus taking the total for the class up to 70. All were withdrawn and scrapped by 1931.

Accidents and incidents

: *On 14 August 1915, a locomotive hauling a passenger train suffered a mechanical defect which resulted in the track being damaged at

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. Locomotive No. 1971 ''Aurora'' was one of two hauling a mail train that was derailed on the damaged track. Ten people were killed and 21 were injured.

Locomotive list

References

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