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LNWR Special Tank
Crewe Works shunter No. 3323 still carrying its LNWR number in May 1948
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer
John Ramsbottom Builder
Crewe Works Serial number 1310–1319, 1330–1339, 1434–1463, 1562–1581, 1702–1721, 1822–1841, 1942–1961, 2024–2033, 2094–2113, 2154–2213, 2289–2308, 2339-2358 Build date 1870–1880 Total produced 278
Specifications Configuration: •
Whyte
0-6-0
ST •
UIC C n2t
Gauge 4 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm )
Driver dia. 4 ft 3 in (1.295 m) + 2+ 1 ⁄2 inches (64 mm) tyres
Wheelbase 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) Loco weight 34 long tons (35 t) Fuel capacity 1.5 long tons (1.5 t) Water cap. 600 imperial gallons (2,700 L; 720 US gal) Firebox: • Grate area 15 sq ft (1.4 m2 ) Boiler pressure 150 lbf/in2 (1.03 MPa) Heating surface 1,068.8 sq ft (99.29 m2 )
Cylinders Two, inside
Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
The
London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Special Tank was a class of
0-6-0
ST steam locomotive.
[1]
[2]
[3] They were a
saddle tank version of the
LNWR DX Goods class . A total of 278 locomotives were built from 1870 onwards, of which five survived to be inherited by
British Railways in 1948.
[4] These five were in departmental stock:
Four – numbered 3 (né 317), 6, 7 (2329) and 8 Earlstown (2359) – as Carriage Department shunters at
Wolverton Works
No. 3323 (né 2322 May 1878), a shunter at
Crewe Works .
No members of the class remain under preservation, as all were scrapped.
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