NLR crane tank

NLR crane tank ^[1]

Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Sharp Stewart Builder Sharp Stewart Build date 1858 Total produced 1

Specifications Configuration 0-4-2ST Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 3 ft 10 in (1.168 m) Loco weight 32.30 long tons (32.82 t) Fuel type Coal Boiler pressure 120 psi (0.83 MPa) Cylinders Two Cylinder size 13 in × 17 in (330 mm × 432 mm)

Performance figures Tractive effort 6,370 lbf (28.3 kN)

Career Operators NLR · LNWR · LMS · BR Number in class 1 Withdrawn 1951 Disposition Scrapped

North London Railway (NLR) Crane Tank was a 0-4-2ST steam locomotive crane tank type. Originally built in 1858 as a Sharp-Stewart 0-4-0ST, it was rebuilt into an 0-4-2ST with a steam crane carried by the trailing truck in 1872. NLR Number 29A; it was subsequently inherited by the LNWR in 1908, who gave it the number 2896, in turn the LMS in 1923 (No. 7217, later placed on duplicate list as 27217), and British Railways in 1948 (BR No. 58865). It was the oldest locomotive to be inherited by BR.^[2] And when finally withdrawn in 1951, it was the oldest surviving standard gauge engine in service with British Railways. It was scrapped at Derby Works.

References

1. Ian Allan ABC of British Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 3, page 52
2. Casserley, H.C.; Asher, L.L. (1961) [1955]. Locomotives of British Railways. Spring Books. pp. 79, 360.

Further reading

• Essery and Jenkinson An Illustrated History of LMS Locomotives Volume 2. Absorbed Pre-Group Classes Western and Central Divisions.