LNWR 1400 Class

LNWR 1400 Class
Bill Baileys

No. 1400 in photographic grey livery
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer F. W. Webb
Builder Crewe Works
Serial number 4365, 4376–4384, 4420–4439
Build date 1903–1905
Total produced 30
Specifications
Configuration 4-6-0
UIC class 2′C n4v
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia. 3 ft 1 12 in (0.953 m)
Driver dia. 5 ft 3 in (1.600 m)
Loco weight 60 long tons (61 t)
Heating surface 1,753 sq ft (162.9 m2)
Cylinders Four, compound; HP outside, LP inside
High-pressure cylinder 15 in × 24 in (381 mm × 610 mm)
Low-pressure cylinder 20 12 in × 24 in (521 mm × 610 mm)
Career
Operators London and North Western Railway
Nicknames Bill Baileys
Scrapped Nov 1913 – Mar 1921
Disposition All scrapped

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) 1400 Class, commonly known as Bill Baileys after the popular little music hall number "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey", was a class of 30 4-cylinder 4-6-0 compound locomotives. Essentially a Class B compound 0-8-0 with different wheel arrangement. 30 were built starting in 1903, intended for a mixed traffic role. The first was withdrawn in 1913, with several more following during the First World War, cannibalised to keep Class Bs running. None survived to the grouping of 1923; the last was withdrawn in 1921.

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