L&YR Class 3

L&YR Class 3

Type and origin Power type Steam Designer John Aspinall Build date 1891-1894 Total produced 40

Specifications Configuration 4-4-0 Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 7 ft 3 in (2.210 m) Loco weight 44.8 long tons (45.5 t) Fuel type Coal Boiler pressure 180 psi (1.24 MPa) Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm) Valve gear Joy

Performance figures Tractive effort 14,814 lbf (65.9 kN)

Career Operators L&YR, LMS Power class LMS 2P Withdrawn 1925-1930 Disposition All scrapped

The L&YR Class 3 was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. It was introduced in 1891. Forty locomotives were built and 34 passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the grouping in 1923.^[1]

Rebuilds

Six locomotives were rebuilt with superheaters by George Hughes between 1908 and 1909 and became L&YR Class 4.

Numbering

The L&YR numbered them 1093-1229 and then randomly, using numbers between 318 and 498. The LMS numbered its 34 Class 3 locomotives 10150-10183. The six which had been rebuilt to Class 4 were numbered in a separate series, LMS 10190-10195.

Withdrawal

Withdrawals began in 1925 and the last locomotive was withdrawn and scrapped in 1930. None have been preserved.

References

1. Casserley, H.C.; Johnston, S.W. (1966). Locomotives at the Grouping, no.3, LMS. Ian Allan. p. 104.