LNWR Class C
Class of 0-8-0 steam locomotive
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Class C was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. They were two-cylinder simple expansion rebuilds of the three-cylinder compound Class A designed by F.W. Webb. Fifteen Class As were converted to Class C between 1904 and 1906 by George Whale.
01Class 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.
02Numbering
All passed into LMS ownership in 1923, and the LMS allocated them the numbers 8953-67, though not all were applied before withdrawal.
03Rebuilding
The LMS rebuilt five of the Class Cs (LMS Nos 8953/4/62/4/6) to Class G1 between 1925 and 1927.
04Withdrawal
The remaining 10 engines were withdrawn between 1927 and 1932. None were preserved.
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- LNWR goods train leaving Crewe (Howden, Boys' Book of Locomotives, 1907).jpg by Andy Dingley (scanner), Public domain
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