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The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Class E was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives in service between 1904 and 1928.

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (March 2015)

LNWR Class E
No. 1886 without tender
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer George Whale Rebuilder Crewe Works Rebuild date 1904–08 Number rebuilt 26 from Class B
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-8-0  • UIC 1′D n4v Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 4 ft 8 in (1,420 mm) Fuel type Coal Boiler 4 ft 5 in (1,346 mm) x 15 ft 6 in (4,724 mm) Boiler pressure 200 psi (1.4 MPa) Heating surface 1,753 sq ft (162.9 m2) Cylinders Four, two outside high-pressure, two inside low-pressure High-pressure cylinder 15 in × 24 in (381 mm × 610 mm) Low-pressure cylinder 20+1⁄2 in × 24 in (521 mm × 610 mm) Valve gear Joy
Career Operators London and North Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway Class E Power class LMS: 3F Number in class 26 Withdrawn 1907–28 Disposition 2 rebuilt to class F 1907–08; 18 rebuilt to class G1 1917–24; 6 scrapped 1927–28

History

26 were rebuilt by George Whale from Class B 4-cylinder compounds with the simple addition of a leading pony truck to reduce excessive front overhang between 1904-1908. The only alteration was to wheelbase and weight, but when the letter classification system was introduced in 1911, this took them into a different class.

Two of Class Es were further rebuilt to Class Fs by the replacement of the 4'3" diameter boiler with a larger 5'2" diameter boiler; these being 1038 in 1907 and 647 in 1908.

From 1917, Charles Bowen Cooke started to rebuild the remaining 24 Class Es into LNWR Class G1 0-8-0s with simple expansion engines. 12 had been so treated by the grouping of 1923, and a further pair were treated in January and February of that year. Of the remaining ten Class Es, the LMS allocated them the numbers 9600-9. A further four were rebuilt to Class G1 in 1923-4, while the remaining six engines were withdrawn still as Class Es in 1927/8, two of them never receiving their allocated LMS No. None was preserved.

List of locomotives

LNWR no.	Rebuilt from B	LMS no.	Fate	Notes
1883	1904		Rebuilt to G1 1918	[1]
1884	1904		Rebuilt to G1 1917	[1]
1885	1905		Rebuilt to G1 1917	[1]
1886	1904		Rebuilt to G1 1923	[1]
1888	1904	(9600)	Rebuilt to G1 1924	[1]
1889	1906		Rebuilt to G1 1920	[2]
905	1905	9601	Withdrawn 1928	[2]
18	1905	(9602)	Withdrawn 1928	[2]
2558	1906	9603	Withdrawn 1928	[3]
2563	1908	(9604)	Rebuilt to G1 1924	[3]
1017	1906	(9605)	Withdrawn 1927	[3]
1038	1905		Rebuilt to F 1907	[3]
1042	1906	9606	Withdrawn 1928	[3]
1064	1906	(9607)	Rebuilt to G1 1923	[4]
1065	1906		Rebuilt to G1 1919	[4]
1222	1906	9608	Withdrawn 1928	[4]
1223	1906		Rebuilt to G1 1921	[4]
1227	1908		Rebuilt to G1 1921	[4]
1236	1906		Rebuilt to G1 1921	[4]
2574	1906		Rebuilt to G1 1920	[5]
1586	1906		Rebuilt to G1 1921	[6]
647	1907		Rebuilt to F 1908	[6]
1585	1906	(9609)	Rebuilt to G1 1923	[7]
2056	1907		Rebuilt to G1 1921	[7]
437	1906		Rebuilt to G1 1922	[7]
2169	1906		Rebuilt to G1 1923	[7]

LMS numbers in parentheses were not carried prior to rebuilding as G1 or withdrawal.

Notes

References

• Baxter, Bertram (1979). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825-1923, volume 2B: London and North Western Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne: Moorland Publishing. ISBN 0-903485-84-2.

Further reading

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

External links

• LNWRS Webb page on the Class E (NB lifetime is incorrect as it includes G1 rebuilds)

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