L&YR Class 21

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L&YR Class 21

Preserved No. 51218, 14 October 2001, with a special headboard marking her centenary.
Power type	Steam
Builder	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Build date	1891
Configuration	0-4-0
Gauge	standard
Leading wheel size	3ft 0in
Driver size	3'00
Locomotive weight	21 tons
Fuel type	coal
Boiler pressure	160psi
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	13in x 18 in
Tractive effort	11,490lbs

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) Class 21 is a class of small 0-4-0ST steam locomotive designed for shunting, nicknamed Pugs. The LMS gave them the power classification 0F. In total fifty seven were made between 1891 and 1910. They were built for use in sharply curved sidings for shunting duties. The Pugs were then allocated for the L&YR in the industrial areas of Fleetwood, Goole, Liverpool and Salford. In later times they became more widely dispersed, reaching places such as Bristol, Bangor, Crewe, Derby, Widnes, York and Swansea.

[edit] Preservation

Two have survived to preservation, these are L&YR 68 (later LMS 11218 and BR 51218) and 1910-built L&YR 19 (LMS 11243). 51218 first entered preservation in 1965 and is awaiting an overhaul on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. When it does work because of its low power is not regularly used on passenger trains but makes appearances at galas. It last steamed in 2005. 19 came into preservation in 1967 and was sold by the LMS in 1931 into industrial use, but is unlikely to be steamed again. It is on display at the Ribble Steam Railway. Both Pugs are owned by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society.

[edit] In Fiction

There was a character called Pug in a Railway Series Book titled The Eight Famous Engines (Published 1957).

[edit] External links

• Railuk database
• Details of no. 19