L&YR Class 25

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Class 25 is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive. They were introduced to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1876 by new locomotive superintendent William Barton Wright and 280 were built in total. Of these, 230 were later converted to saddle tanks by John Aspinall, to become L&YR Class 23.

L&YR Class 25
Preserved No. 957 on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway in 2004 wearing L&YR lined black livery.
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerWilliam Barton Wright
Build date1876-1887
Total produced280
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-6-0
Gauge4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.4 ft 6 in (1.372 m)
Loco weight39 long tons 1 cwt (87,500 lb or 39.7 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Boiler pressure140 psi (970 kPa)
Cylinders2 inside
Cylinder size17 1⁄2 in × 26 in (444 mm × 660 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort17,545 lbf (78,040 N)
Career
Power classLMS 2F
Disposition230 converted to L&YR Class 23 (one of the conversions of which is preserved), one preserved, remainder scrapped

Ownership changes

The locomotives passed briefly to the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) in 1922 and then to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923. The LMS gave them the power classification 2F. In 1948, the surviving locomotives (23) passed to British Railways (BR), which numbered them 52016-52064 (with gaps).[1]

Withdrawal

Withdrawals began in 1930 but 23 locomotives survived into British Railways ownership in 1948.

Preservation

The last engine, BR 52044 (L&YR 957, LMS 12044) was bought for preservation in 1959 and has been based at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway since 1965. It starred in the film The Railway Children as the Green Dragon. It was out of service from 1975 but was returned to steam in 2001 in its BR guise as 52044 before being painted in its L&YR guise as 957 a few years later. Its boiler certificate expired in early 2013. After a couple of years on display, overhaul started in July 2016.

A sister locomotive, L&YR Class 23 no. 752, rebuilt from Class 25 as a saddle tank by Aspinall after 1891, was also bought for preservation and was based at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway alongside 957, until being moved to the East Lancashire Railway in Bury for complete overhaul.

References
  1. Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 3, page 42


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