Highland Railway E Class Explained

Highland Railway Bruce or E class
Powertype:Steam
Designer:David Jones
Builder:Clyde Locomotive Company
Serialnumber:1–8
Builddate:1886
Totalproduction:8
Whytetype:4-4-0
Uicclass:2′B n2
Leadingdiameter:3feet
Driverdiameter:6feet
Locoweight:43LT
Watercap:2250impgal
Boiler:4feet diameter, 9feet between tubeplates
Boilerpressure:160lbf/in2
Totalsurface:1140square feet
Cylindercount:Two (outside)
Cylindersize:18x
Valvegear:Stephenson
Tractiveeffort:141002NaN2
Operator:Highland Railway
London, Midland & Scottish
Operatorclass:HR: Bruce; E (from 1901)
Powerclass:LMS: 1P
Nicknames:Clyde Bogies

The Highland Railway E Class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive designed by David Jones for passenger service. They were also known as the 'Clyde Bogies' as they were built by the Clyde Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland. They were the first locomotives built by that company.

Built in 1886, they were a development of Jones' previous F Class. Originally known as the Bruce class, they were assigned to Class E under Drummond's locomotive classification scheme of 1901.

Dimensions

The boiler pressure was 160-1NaN-1, the cylinders were 18x, and the driving wheel diameter was 6feet.

Numbering

Table of locomotives! HR
Number !! Name !! Entered
service !! Withdrawn !! Notes
76 Bruce 1924 align=left Displayed at the International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art, Edinburgh 1886. Renumbered 76A in 1917
77 Lovat 1923 align=left Withdrawn and reinstated in 1915. Renumbered 77A in 1917
78 Lochalsh 1923 align=left Renumbered 78A in 1917
79 Atholl 1923 align=left Renumbered 79A in 1917
80 Stafford 1923 align=left Renumbered 80A in 1919
81 Colville 1924 align=left Renumbered 81A in 1919
82 Fife 1930 align=left Renamed Durn in 1908; name removed 1917. Renumbered 82A in 1917, and 14278 by LMS
83 Cadboll 1923 align=left Renamed Monkland in 1902. Renumbered 83A in 1917

Transfer to LMS

All were still in service at the end of 1922, but when the Highland Railway engines passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) on 1 September 1923, five had been withdrawn. Numbers 76A and 81A were withdrawn in 1924, but only 82A survived long enough to carry its LMS number (14278) – it was withdrawn in April 1930. No 79A was withdrawn in 1923 and stored at Aviemore until being scrapped at Kilmarnock in 1925.

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