The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Class E was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives in service between 1904 and 1928.

History

26 were rebuilt by George Whale from Class B 4-cylinder compounds with the simple addition of a leading pony truck to reduce excessive front overhang between 1904 and 1908. The only alteration was to wheelbase and weight, but when the letter classification system was introduced in 1911, this took them into a different class. Two Class Es (No. 1038 in 1907 and No. 647 in 1908) were further rebuilt to Class Fs by replacing the diameter boiler with a larger diameter boiler.

From 1917, Charles Bowen Cooke started to rebuild the remaining 24 Class Es into LNWR Class G1 0-8-0s with simple expansion engines. 12 had been modified by the grouping of 1923, and a further pair were rebuilt in January and February of that year. Of the remaining ten Class Es, the LMS allocated them the numbers 9600-9. A further four were rebuilt to Class G1 in 1923-4, while the remaining six engines were withdrawn as Class Es in 1927/8, two of them never receiving their allocated LMS number. None were preserved.

List of locomotives LNWR no. Rebuilt from B LMS no. Fate Notes1883 1904 Rebuilt to G1 1918 1884 1904 Rebuilt to G1 1917 1885 1905 Rebuilt to G1 1917 1886 1904 Rebuilt to G1 1923 1888 1904 (9600) Rebuilt to G1 1924 1889 1906 Rebuilt to G1 1920 905 1905 9601 Withdrawn 1928 18 1905 (9602) Withdrawn 1928 2558 1906 9603 Withdrawn 1928 2563 1908 (9604) Rebuilt to G1 1924 1017 1906 (9605) Withdrawn 1927 1038 1905 Rebuilt to F 1907 1042 1906 9606 Withdrawn 1928 1064 1906 (9607) Rebuilt to G1 1923 1065 1906 Rebuilt to G1 1919 1222 1906 9608 Withdrawn 1928 1223 1906 Rebuilt to G1 1921 1227 1908 Rebuilt to G1 1921 1236 1906 Rebuilt to G1 1921 2574 1906 Rebuilt to G1 1920 1586 1906 Rebuilt to G1 1921 647 1907 Rebuilt to F 1908 1585 1906 (9609) Rebuilt to G1 1923 2056 1907 Rebuilt to G1 1921 437 1906 Rebuilt to G1 1922 2169 1906 Rebuilt to G1 1923 LMS numbers in parentheses were not carried prior to rebuilding as G1 or withdrawal.

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Further reading

External links LNWRS Webb page on the Class E (NB lifetime is incorrect as it includes G1 rebuilds)