The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Renown Class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives. They were rebuilds of F.W. Webb's 4-cylinder compounds of the Jubilee and Alfred the Great classes into 2-cylinder simple engines by George Whale, later continued by Charles Bowen-Cooke.
The first to be rebuilt was number 1918 Renown in 1908.
The rebuilds retained their original numbers. Unusually for the LNWR, the parent classes also had logical number series. Thus the Renowns were all numbered in the 1901–1940 series for ex-Jubilee Class and 1941–1980 for ex-Benbow class. In 1920, locomotive 1914 Invincible was renumbered 1257, and the number 1914 was then taken by the Claughton Class war memorial engine 1914 Patriot.
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) acquired 56 Renowns in 1923. The LMS allocated these numbers in the 5131–5186 series, listed according to date of rebuilding, though not all numbers were applied before withdrawals started in 1928. Meanwhile, the LMS renumbered the existing compounds into the 5110–5129 series (though some were withdrawn before numbers could be allocated, and others were allocated numbers but not applied), and converted another 14 of these, which retained their numbers, thus taking the total for the class up to 70. All were withdrawn and scrapped by 1931.
Accidents and incidents
On 14 August 1915, a locomotive hauling a passenger train suffered a mechanical defect which resulted in the track being damaged at weedon, Northamptonshire. Locomotive No. 1971 Aurora was one of two hauling a mail train that was derailed on the damaged track. Ten people were killed and 21 were injured.
Locomotive list +LNWR Renown class locomotive list LNWRNo. LNWR name Rebuiltfrom Daterebuilt LMSNo. Datewithdrawn Notes 1901 Jubilee Jubilee 5156 1902 Black Prince Jubilee 5157 1903 Iron Duke Jubilee 5110 1905 Black Diamond Jubilee 5137 1906 Robin Hood Jubilee 5149 1907 Black Watch Jubilee 5178 1909 Crusader Jubilee 5159 1910 Cavalier Jubilee 5172 1911 Centurion Jubilee 5112 1912 Colossus Jubilee 5113 1913 Canopus Jubilee 5132 1914 Invincible Jubilee 5144 Renumbered 1257 in 1920 1915 Implacable Jubilee 5114 1916 Irresistible Jubilee 5155 1917 Inflexible Jubilee 5184 1918 Renown Jubilee 5131 1919 Resolution Jubilee 5160 1920 Flying Fox Jubilee 5166 1921 John of Gaunt Jubilee 5134 1922 Intrepid Jubilee 5146 1924 Powerful Jubilee 5183 1925 Warrior Jubilee 5147 1926 La France Jubilee 5180 1927 Goliath Jubilee 5116 1928 Glatton Jubilee 5173 1929 Polyphemus Jubilee 5117 1930 Ramillies Jubilee 5142 1931 Agincourt Jubilee 5176 1932 Anson Jubilee 5162 1933 Barfleur Jubilee 5169 1934 Blenheim Jubilee 5165 1935 Collingwood Jubilee 5133 1936 Royal Sovereign Jubilee 5150 1937 Superb Jubilee 5154 1938 Sultan Jubilee 5161 1939 Temeraire Jubilee 5158 1940 Trafalgar Jubilee 5170 1941 Alfred the Great Alfred 5179 1942 King Edward VII Alfred 5185 1943 Queen Alexandra Alfred 5145 1945 Magnificent Alfred 5139 1946 Diadem Alfred 5138 1947 Zillah Alfred 5174 1948 Camperdown Alfred 5141 1949 King Arthur Alfred 5152 1950 Victorius Alfred 5186 1951 Bacchante Alfred 5136 1952 Benbow Alfred 5119 1953 Formidable Alfred 5120 1954 Galatea Alfred 5121 1957 Orion Alfred 5148 1958 Royal Oak Alfred 5181 1959 Revenge Alfred 5143 1960 Francis Stevenson Alfred 5153 1961 Albemarle Alfred 5140 1962 Aurora Alfred 5171 1963 Boadicea Alfred 5163 1964 Caesar Alfred 5123 1965 Charles H. Mason Alfred 5151 1967 Cressy Alfred 5125 LMS number not applied 1968 Cumberland Alfred 5164 1969 Dominion Alfred 5126 1970 Good Hope Alfred 5127 1971 Euryalus Alfred 5135 1972 Hindostan Alfred 5168 1973 Hood Alfred 5175 1975 Jupiter Alfred 5167 1977 Mars Alfred 5129 1978 Merlin Alfred 5177 1980 Neptune Alfred 5182
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