L&YR Class 26
L&YR Class 26
| Type and origin |
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| Power type |
Steam |
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| Designer |
Henry Hoy |
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| Builder |
Horwich Works |
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| Order number |
Lot 49 |
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| Serial number |
861–880 |
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| Build date |
October 1903 – August 1904 |
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| Total produced |
20 |
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| Specifications |
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| Configuration |
2-6-2T |
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| UIC class |
1′C1′ n2t |
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| Gauge |
4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
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| Leading dia. |
3 ft 7 3⁄4 in (1.111 m) |
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| Driver dia. |
5 ft 8 in (1.727 m) |
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| Trailing dia. |
3 ft 7 3⁄4 in (1.111 m) |
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| Length |
42 ft 4 in (12.9 m) |
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| Loco weight |
77.50 long tons (78.74 t) |
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| Fuel type |
Coal |
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| Fuel capacity |
3.75 long tons (3.81 t) |
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| Water cap |
2,000 imp gal (9,100 l; 2,400 US gal) |
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Firebox:
• Firegrate area |
26.0 sq ft (2.42 m2) |
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| Boiler pressure |
175 lbf/in2 (1.21 MPa) |
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| Heating surface |
2,038.6 sq ft (189.39 m2) |
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| Cylinders |
Two, inside |
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| Cylinder size |
19 in × 26 in (483 mm × 660 mm) |
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| Valve gear |
Joy |
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| Career |
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| Operators |
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| Power class |
LMS: 3F |
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| Withdrawn |
December 1920 – August 1928 |
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| Disposition |
All scrapped |
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The L&YR Class 26 was a class of 2-6-2T steam locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. It was designed by Henry Hoy and introduced in 1903. Twenty locomotives were built but 3 were withdrawn in 1922, so 17 passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the grouping in 1923.
Numbering
Table of locomotives
| L&YR no. |
Built |
LMS no. |
Withdrawn |
Notes |
| 202 |
000000001903-10-01-0000Oct 1903 |
— |
000000001920-12-01-0000Dec 1920 |
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| 387 |
000000001903-11-01-0000Nov 1903 |
11700 |
000000001925-05-01-0000May 1925 |
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| 404 |
000000001903-11-01-0000Nov 1903 |
— |
000000001920-12-01-0000Dec 1920 |
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| 454 |
000000001903-11-01-0000Nov 1903 |
11701 |
000000001926-01-01-0000Jan 1926 |
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| 467 |
000000001903-12-01-0000Dec 1903 |
11702 |
000000001925-05-01-0000May 1925 |
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| 527 |
000000001904-01-01-0000Jan 1904 |
11703 |
000000001926-03-01-0000Mar 1926 |
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| 712 |
000000001904-02-01-0000Feb 1904 |
11704 |
000000001926-08-01-0000Aug 1926 |
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| 744 |
000000001904-02-01-0000Feb 1904 |
11705 |
000000001926-08-01-0000Aug 1926 |
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| 837 |
000000001904-03-01-0000Mar 1904 |
11706 |
000000001925-06-01-0000Jun 1925 |
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| 125 |
000000001904-03-01-0000Mar 1904 |
— |
000000001923-05-01-0000May 1923 |
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| 1441 |
000000001904-04-01-0000Apr 1904 |
11707 |
000000001926-08-01-0000Aug 1926 |
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| 1442 |
000000001904-04-01-0000Apr 1904 |
11708 |
000000001925-07-01-0000Jul 1925 |
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| 1443 |
000000001904-05-01-0000May 1904 |
11709 |
000000001925-06-01-0000Jun 1925 |
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| 1444 |
000000001904-05-01-0000May 1904 |
11710 |
000000001925-01-01-0000Jan 1925 |
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| 1445 |
000000001904-06-01-0000Jun 1904 |
11711 |
000000001924-09-01-0000Sep 1924 |
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| 1446 |
000000001904-06-01-0000Jun 1904 |
11712 |
000000001926-08-01-0000Aug 1926 |
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| 1447 |
000000001904-07-01-0000Jul 1904 |
11713 |
000000001926-02-01-0000Feb 1926 |
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| 1448 |
000000001904-07-01-0000Jul 1904 |
11714 |
000000001925-02-01-0000Feb 1925 |
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| 1449 |
000000001904-07-01-0000Jul 1904 |
11715 |
000000001924-01-01-00001924 |
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| 1450 |
000000001904-08-01-0000Aug 1904 |
11716 |
000000001926-08-01-0000Aug 1926 |
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Withdrawal
All had been withdrawn and scrapped by 1926: only two (11704 and 11711) received their LMS number. None have been preserved.
References
- Baxter, Bertram (1982). Baxter, David, ed. British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 3B: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. p. 85. ISBN 0-903485-85-0.
- Casserley, H. C. & Johnston, Stuart W. (1974) [1966]. Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan. p. 120. ISBN 0-7110-0554-0.
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