LNWR 1400 Class explained

LNWR 1400 Class
"Bill Baileys"
Powertype:Steam
Designer:F. W. Webb
Builder:Crewe Works
Serialnumber:4365, 4376–4384, 4420–4439
Builddate:1903–1905
Totalproduction:30
Whytetype:4-6-0
Uicclass:2′C n4v
Leadingdiameter:3feet
Driverdiameter:5feet
Totalsurface:1753square feet
Cylindercount:Four, compound; HP outside, LP inside
Hpcylindersize:15x
Lpcylindersize:NaNx
Operator:London and North Western Railway
Nicknames:Bill Baileys
Scrapdate: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 The first was withdrawn in 1913, with several more following during the First World War, cannibalised to keep Class Bs running. None survived to the grouping of 1923; the last was withdrawn in 1921.

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