LNWR George the Fifth Class explained

LNWR George the Fifth Class
Powertype:Steam
Designer:Charles Bowen-Cooke
Builder:Crewe Works
Serialnumber:4970–5029, 5118–5137, 5237–5246
Builddate:1910–1915
Totalproduction:90 (80 new, 10 rebuilt from Queen Mary class)
Whytetype:4-4-0
Uicclass:2′B h2
Leadingdiameter:3feet
Driverdiameter:6feet
Boilerpressure:1802NaN2
Totalsurface:1849square feet
Superheatertype:Schmidt
Cylindercount:Two
Cylindersize:20x or
NaNx
Valvegear:Joy
Tractiveeffort:206401NaN1
Powerclass:LMS: 3P
Numinclass:1 January 1923: 90,
1 January 1948: 3
Withdrawndate:1935–1948
Disposition:All original locomotives scrapped; one new-build under construction

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) George the Fifth Class was a class of 4-4-0 passenger steam locomotive.

History

The locomotives were introduced during July 1910 by Charles Bowen-Cooke following the succession of George V, construction continued until 1915. They were essentially superheated versions of the LNWR Whale Precursor Class. At the same time, similar non-superheated Queen Mary Class engines were also built but all of these acquired superheaters as the advantages of superheating became clear and were absorbed into the George the Fifth Class.

A total of 90 Georges were built, and all were named. The LNWR reused names and numbers from withdrawn locomotives, with the result that the numbering system was completely haphazard.

All of the Georges passed into London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) ownership on the grouping in 1923. The LMS gave them the power classification 3P. The LMS renumbered them into a more logical series of 5320–5409, and later in 1936/37 those had not been then withdrawn were again renumbered by the addition of 20000 into the 25320–25409 series to make room for Black Fives. It was also at this time that a few of the names were removed so that they could be applied to new LMS Jubilee Class engines.

Withdrawals started in 1935, and by 1939 only nine remained. British Railways (BR) inherited three in 1948: 25321, which was withdrawn in February that year, and 25350 and 25373, which were allocated the BR numbers 58011/2 in March but never carried them as both were withdrawn in May that year. None have been preserved.

Accidents and incidents

See main article: article and Weedon rail crashes.

New Build Locomotive

See main article: article and LNWR George the Fifth class 2013 Prince George. The George the Fifth Steam Trust is building a George the Fifth class locomotive named after Prince George.

List of Locomotives

List of LNWR George the Fifth class locomotives!LNWR
No. !! LNWR name !! Crewe
Works
No. !! Date built !! LMS
No. !! Date withdrawn !! Notes
2663 George the Fifth 4970 5320
1294 WolferstanF. S. P. Wolferstan 4971 5322 †
1725 BatesonJohn Bateson 4972 5324 †
2155 BrocklehurstW. C. Brocklehurst 4973 5326 †
1059 LochLord Loch 4974 5321 †
1583 WardHenry Ward 4975 5323 †
2025 BrookeSir Thomas Brooke 4976 5325 †
228 NettlefoldE. Nettlefold 4977 5327
445 ChambresP. H. Chambres 4978 5328
2664 4979 5329 Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted June 1913
2168 4980 5339 †
238 4981 5336 Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted September 1914
896 4982 5332 Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted January 1914
1195 4983 5337 Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted September 1914
1550 Westminster 4984 5330 Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted September 1913
1559 Drake 4985 5333 Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted January 1914
2151 Newcomen 4986 5334 † Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted April 1914
2271 4987 5331 † Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted November 1913
2507 4988 5335 Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted January 1914
2512 4989 5338 Built as "Queen Mary" class; converted October 1914
956 Bulldog 4990 5340 Named Dachshund until December 1915
1489 Wolfhound 4991 5341
1504 Boarhound 4992 5342
1513 Otterhound 4993 5343
1532 Bloodhound 4994 5344 †
1628 Foxhound 4995 5345 †
1662 Deerhound 4996 5346
1706 Elkhound 4997 5347 †
1792 Staghound 4998 5353
2495 Bassethound 4999 5357 †
1800 Coronation 5000 5348 † Ran briefly as no. 5000
502 British Empire 5001 5349
868 India 5002 5350 ‡
882 Canada 5003 5351
1218 Australia 5004 5352
2081 New Zealand 5005 5354
2212 South Africa 5006 5355
2291 Gibraltar 5007 5356 †
2177 Malta 5008 5358
2498 Cyprus 5009 5359
361 Beagle 5010 5360 †
888 Challenger 5011 5361
1360 Fire Queen 5012 5362 †
1394 Harrier 5013 5363
2494 Perseus 5014 5368
1623 Nubian 5015 5364
1631 Racehorse 5016 5365 †
1644 Roebuck 5017 5366
2089 Traveller 5018 5367
2220 Vanguard 5019 5374 †
1371 Quail 5020 5369 †
1417 Landrail 5021 5370
1472 Moorhen 5022 5371 †
1595 Wild Duck 5023 5372 †
1681 Ptarmigan 5024 5373 ‡
1713 Partridge 5025 5375
1730 Snipe 5026 5376 †
1733 Grouse 5027 5377 †
1777 Widgeon 5028 5378 †
1799 Woodcock 5029 5379
82 DickensCharles Dickens 5118 5380 †
752 HickJohn Hick 5119 5381
2124 RennieJohn Rennie 5120 5382 †
1138 FroudeWilliam Froude 5121 5385
2154 SiemensWilliam Siemens 5122 5387 †
2282 ArkwrightRichard Arkwright 5123 5388
89 MayallJohn Mayall 5124 5383
132 GravesS. R. Graves 5125 5384
1193 TootalEdward Tootal 5126 5386
2279 CrossfieldHenry Crossfield 5127 5395 †
681 St. George 5128 5390
845 Saddleback 5129 5391
1188 Penmaenmawr 5130 5392 †
1680 Loyalty 5131 5393 †
2086 Phaeton 5132 5394
404 Eclipse 5133 5389 †
1481 Typhon 5134 5396
2197 Planet 5135 5397
2242 Meteor 5136 5398
2428 StalbridgeLord Stalbridge 5137 5399
363 Llandudno 5237 5400
789 Windermere 5238 5401
984 Carnarvon 5239 5402
104 Leamington Spa 5242 5403 Named Leamington until December 1915
226 Colwyn Bay 5243 5404
1086 Conway 5244 5405
2153 Llandrindod 5240 5406 †
2233 Blackpool 5241 5407
2106 Holyhead 5245 5408 †
2370 Dovedale 5246 5409 †

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