Caledonian Railway 60 Class

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The Caledonian Railway 60 Class were 4-6-0 passenger engines designed by William Pickersgill and introduced in 1916. Five were built and all of them passed into LMS ownership in 1923 and into British Railways ownership in 1948.

A modified version was built by the LMS under the auspices of George Hughes in the period 1925-1926. Twenty of these were built and sources differ as to whether 14 or 18 passed into British Railways ownership.

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[edit] British Railways numbering

  • Pickersgill locos, 54650-54654
  • Hughes locos, 54630-54649

[edit] Technical details

[edit] Pickersgill Caledonian Railway design

  • Introduced 1916
  • Boiler Pressure 180 lbf/in³
  • Two cylinders 20 inches diameter by 26 inch stroke
  • Driving Wheel diameter 6 foot 1 inch (1854 mm)
  • Weight 75 tons 0 cwt
  • Superheated
  • Starting tractive effort 21,795 lbf
  • Classified '4P' by the LMS

[edit] Hughes LMS development of Pickersgill design

  • Introduced 1925
  • Boiler Pressure 180 lbf/in³
  • Two cylinders 20½ inches diameter by 26 inch stroke
  • Driving Wheel diameter 6 foot 1 inch (1854 mm)
  • Weight 74 tons 15 cwt (75,867 kg)
  • Superheated
  • Starting tractive effort 22,900 lbf (102 kN)
  • Classified '4P' by the LMS

[edit] Sources

  • Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 3, page 45

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