LNWR Special Tank
| LNWR Special Tank | |
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Crewe Works shunter no. 3323 still carrying its LNWR number in May 1948 | |
| Type and origin | |
| Power type | Steam |
| Designer | John Ramsbottom |
| Builder | Crewe Works |
| Serial number | 1310–1319, 1330–1339, 1434–1463, 1562–1581, 1702–1721, 1822–1841, 1942–1961, 2024–2033, 2094–2113, 2154–2213, 2289–2358 |
| Build date | 1870–1880 |
| Total produced | 260 |
| Specifications | |
| Configuration | 0-6-0ST |
| UIC classification | C n2t |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Driver diameter | 4 ft 3 in (1.295 m) + 2 1⁄2 inches (64 mm) |
| Wheelbase | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
| Locomotive weight | 34 long tons (35 t) |
| Fuel capacity | 1.5 long tons (1.5 t) |
| Water capacity | 600 imperial gallons (2,700 l; 720 US gal) |
| Boiler pressure | 150 lbf/in2 (1.03 MPa) |
| Firegrate area | 15 sq ft (1.4 m2) |
| Heating surface: – Total | 1,068.8 sq ft (99.29 m2) |
| Cylinders | Two, inside |
| Cylinder size | 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm) |
| Career | |
| Operator(s) | |
| Disposition | All scrapped |
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Special Tank was a class of 0-6-0ST steam locomotives. 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. 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; and No. 3323 (né 2322 of May 1878), a shunter at Crewe Works.
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- Baxter, Bertram (1978). Baxter, David, ed. British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 2A: London and North Western Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. pp. 158–177. ISBN 0-903485-51-6.
- Casserley, H.C. & Johnston, Stuart W. (1974) [1966]. Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0554-0.
- Hugh Longworth British Railway (sic) Steam Locomotives 1948-1968.
- http://www.lnwrs.org.uk/GoodsLocos/Loco04.php
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