The Caledonian Railway 179 Class (nicknamed Oban bogie) was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by George Brittain for the Caledonian Railway (CR) and introduced in 1882. + Table of orders and numbers CR nos. Quantity LMS nos. Notes 179–188 10 14100–14107 CR 1184 and 1185withdrawn 1922 All ten were built by Dübs and Company in 1882; they came with 4-wheel tenders to reduce the overall length in order to fit on the turntables. They were rebuilt and reboilered between 1898 and 1901. They were placed on the duplicate list (by adding 1000 to their original fleet number) between 1913 and 1914.
Two locomotives (1184 and 1185) were withdrawn in 1922. Eight survived into the ownership of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923; who allocated them fleet numbers 14100–14107, but only three (14100/03/05) were renumbered. All had been withdrawn by 1930.
+ Table of withdrawals Year Quantity inservice atstart of year Quantitywithdrawn Locomotive numbers Notes 1922 10 2 1184, 1185 1923 8 1 1181 1924 7 1 1187 1925 6 2 1180, 1188 1927 4 1 1183 1930 3 3 14100, 14103, 14105 (ex 1179, 1182, 1186)
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