LNWR Special Tank explained

LNWR Special Tank
Bgcolor:	000000
Color:	9d383a
Powertype:	Steam
Designer:	John Ramsbottom
Builder:	Crewe Works
Serialnumber:	1310–1319, 1330–1339, 1434–1463, 1562–1581, 1702–1721, 1822–1841, 1942–1961, 2024–2033, 2094–2113, 2154–2213, 2289–2308, 2339-2358
Builddate:	1870–1880
Totalproduction:	278
Uicclass:	C n2t
Driverdiameter:	4feet + NaNinches tyres
Wheelbase:	15feet
Boilerpressure:	1502NaN2
Firearea:	15square feet
Totalsurface:	1068.8square feet
Cylindercount:	Two, inside
Cylindersize:	17x
Locale:	London Midland Region
Withdrawndate:	1918–1958
Disposition:	All scrapped

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Special Tank was a class of steam locomotive.^{[1] [2] [3]} They were a saddle tank version of the LNWR DX Goods class. A total of 278 locomotives were built from 1870 onwards, of which five survived to be inherited by British Railways in 1948.^[4] These five were in departmental stock:

• • Four – numbered 3 (né 317), 6, 7 (2329) and 8 Earlstown (2359) – as Carriage Department shunters at Wolverton Works No. 3323 (né 2322 May 1878), a shunter at Crewe Works.

No members of the class remain under preservation, as all were scrapped.

References

1. Web site: London & Northwestern Railway Preservation Society . 9 September 2003.
2. Book: Casserley, H. C. . Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway. . Johnston . Stuart W. . 1974 . . 0-7110-0554-0.
3. Book: Baxter, Bertram . British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 2A: London and North Western Railway and its constituent companies. . Baxter . David . Moorland Publishing Company . 0-903485-51-6.
4. Book: Longworth, Hugh . British Railway (sic) Steam Locomotives 1948-1968 . . 978-0860936602 . 2nd . 7 November 2013.