LNWR Jubilee Class explained

LNWR Jubilee Class
Powertype:Steam
Designer:Francis Webb
Builder:Crewe Works
Builddate:1897–1900
Totalproduction:40
Whytetype:4-4-0
Uicclass:2′B n4v
Leadingdiameter:3feet
Driverdiameter:7feet
Boilerpressure:2002NaN2
Cylindercount:Four, two outside high-pressure, two inside low-pressure
Hpcylindersize:15x
Lpcylindersize:NaNx
Valvegear:Joy
Tractiveeffort:80%: 291521NaN1
Operator:LNWR LMS
Powerclass:LMS: 2P
Fleetnumbers:LNWR: 1901–1940;
LMS: 5110–5117
Numinclass:1 January 1923: 9
Withdrawndate:1923–1925
Disposition:All scrapped

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Jubilee Class was a class of 4-4-0 4-cylinder compound locomotives by F.W. Webb. A total of forty were built from 1897–1900. Slightly unusually for the LNWR, the class received a number series, this being 1901–1940.

As with other Webb compounds, they were mechanically unreliable. As a result, George Whale rebuilt these as two-cylinder simple locomotives of the Renown Class, starting with 1918 Renown in 1908. Rebuilt engines retained their numbers. Rebuilding continued so that at the grouping of 1923, only 9 Jubilees remained, being 1903/4/8/11/12/15/23/27/29.

1908 Royal George was withdrawn in January 1923, but the remaining eight were allocated the LMS numbers 5110–5117, in sequence. Two, 1904 Rob Roy and 1923 Agamemnon were withdrawn 1923, without receiving new numbers. The LMS rebuilt the remaining six into Renowns in 1924, making the class extinct (Their subsequent history is discussed at LNWR Renown Class).

Locomotive list

LNWR Jubilee class locomotive list! LNWR
No. !! LNWR
name !! Crewe
Works
No. !! Date
built !! Date
rebuilt !! LMS
No. !! Date
withdrawn !! Notes
1901 Jubilee 3856 5156 Named Iron Duke until December 1897, numbered 1501 until March 1899
1902 Black Prince 3857 5157 Numbered 1502 until March 1899
1903 Iron Duke 3928 5110
1904 Rob Roy 3929 (5111) Never carried its LMS number
1905 Black Diamond 3930 5137
1906 Robin Hood 3931 5149
1907 Black Watch 3932 5178
1908 Royal George 3933
1909 Crusader 3934 5159
1910 Cavalier 3935 5172
1911 Centurion 3936 5112
1912 Colossus 3937 5113
1913 Canopus 3938 5132
1914 Invincible 3939 5144 Renumbered 1257 in April 1920
1915 Implacable 3940 5114
1916 Irresistible 3941 5155
1917 Inflexible 3942 5184
1918 Renown 3943 5131
1919 Resolution 3944 5160
1920 Flying Fox 3945 5166
1921 John of Gaunt 3995 5134 Named T. H. Ismay until April 1913
1922 Intrepid 3996 5146
1923 Agamemnon 3997 (5115) Never carried its LMS number
1924 Powerful 3998 5183
1925 Warrior 3999 5147
1926 La France 4000 5180 Shown at Exposition Universelle in Paris[1]
1927 Goliath 4001 5116
1928 Glatton 4002 5173
1929 Polyphemus 4003 5117
1930 Ramillies 4004 5142
1931 Agincourt 4045 5176
1932 Anson 4046 5162
1933 Barfleur 4047 5169
1934 Blenheim 4048 5165
1935 Collingwood 4049 5133
1936 Royal Sovereign 4050 5150
1937 Superb 4051 5154
1938 Sultan 4052 5161
1939 Temeraire 4053 5158
1940 Trafalgar 4054 5170

References

Notes and References

  1. Weiss . M. . Die Lokomotiven an der Pariser Weltausstellung . Schweizerische Bauzeitung . 1901 . 37 . 20 . 10.5169/seals-22707 . 2021-11-22.