LNWR Webb Experiment Class
The London and North Western Railway Experiment Class was a series of 30 three-cylinder 2-(2-2)-0 compound locomotives designed by Francis Webb for the London and North Western Railway between 1882 and 1884. They were Webb’s first large-scale experiment with a class of express compound locomotives, and the first engine was named accordingly. They were followed by a class of similar, but larger locomotives, that featured larger boilers and smaller driving wheels – the LNWR Dreadnought Class.
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After Webb's retirement, his successor, George Whale, withdrew the Experiment class locomotives soon after he took up office in 1903.
Accidents and incidents
- On 22 December 1894, a gust of wind blew a wagon into a rake of wagons at Chelford, Cheshire. They were derailed and fouled the main line. Locomotive No. 520 Express was one of two hauling an express passenger train that collided with the wagons and was derailed. 14 people were killed and 48 were injured.
Locomotives
LNWR No. | Name | Crewe Works No. | Date built | Date scrapped | Notes |
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66 | Experiment | 2500 | January 1882 | February 1905 | |
300 | Compound | 2625 | February 1883 | July 1905 | |
301 | Economist | 2626 | March 1883 | October 1904 | |
302 | Velocipede | 2627 | April 1883 | July 1905 | |
303 | Hydra | 2628 | April 1883 | January 1905 | |
305 | Trentham | 2669 | July 1883 | June 1904 | |
306 | Knowsley | 2670 | July 1883 | July 1905 | |
307 | Victor | 2671 | July 1883 | February 1905 | |
520 | Express | 2672 | July 1883 | April 1905 | |
519 | Shooting Star | 2673 | July 1883 | February 1905 | |
311 | Richard Francis Roberts | 2734 | January 1884 | July 1905 | |
315 | Alaska | 2735 | February 1884 | July 1905 | |
321 | Servia | 2736 | February 1884 | January 1905 | |
323 | Britannic | 2737 | February 1884 | March 1905 | |
333 | Germanic | 2738 | February 1884 | November 1904 | |
353 | Oregon | 2739 | February 1884 | July 1905 | |
363 | Aurania | 2740 | February 1884 | February 1905 | |
365 | America | 2741 | March 1884 | April 1905 | |
366 | City of Chicago | 2742 | March 1884 | May 1905 | |
310 | Sarmatian | 2743 | March 1884 | November 1904 | |
1102 | Cyclops | 2744 | May 1884 | October 1904 | |
1120 | Apollo | 2745 | June 1884 | December 1905 | |
1104 | Sunbeam | 2746 | June 1884 | January 1905 | |
1113 | Hecate | 2747 | June 1884 | August 1904 | |
1111 | Messenger | 2748 | June 1884 | February 1905 | |
1115 | Snake | 2749 | July 1884 | March 1905 | |
1116 | Friar | 2750 | July 1884 | August 1905 | |
1117 | Penguin | 2751 | July 1884 | October 1904 | |
372 | Empress | 2752 | July 1884 | June 1905 | |
374 | Emperor | 2753 | July 1884 | September 1905 | |
References
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- Baxter, Bertram (1979). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 2B: London and North Western Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. p. 194. ISBN 0-903485-84-2.
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