L&YR Class 26

L&YR Class 26
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Henry Hoy Builder Horwich Works Order number Lot 49 Serial number 861–880 Build date October 1903 – August 1904 Total produced 20
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-6-2T  • UIC 1′C1′ n2t Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Leading dia. 3 ft 7+3⁄4 in (1.111 m) Driver dia. 5 ft 8 in (1.727 m) Trailing dia. 3 ft 7+3⁄4 in (1.111 m) Length 42 ft 4 in (12.9 m) Loco weight 77.50 long tons (78.74 t) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 3.75 long tons (3.81 t) Water cap. 2,000 imp gal (9,100 L; 2,400 US gal) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 26.0 sq ft (2.42 m2) Boiler pressure 175 lbf/in2 (1.21 MPa) Heating surface 2,038.6 sq ft (189.39 m2) Cylinders Two, inside Cylinder size 19 in × 26 in (483 mm × 660 mm) Valve gear Joy
Performance figures Tractive effort 19,797 lbf (88.1 kN)
Career Operators Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway → London, Midland and Scottish Railway Power class LMS: 3F Withdrawn December 1920 – August 1928 Disposition All scrapped

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 Twenty locomotives were built but 3 were withdrawn in 1922, so 17 passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the grouping in 1923.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	Withdrawn	Notes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	Oct 1903	—	Dec 1920
387	Nov 1903	11700	May 1925
404	Nov 1903	—	Dec 1920
454	Nov 1903	11701	Jan 1926
467	Dec 1903	11702	May 1925
527	Jan 1904	11703	Mar 1926
712	Feb 1904	11704	Aug 1926
744	Feb 1904	11705	Aug 1926
837	Mar 1904	11706	Jun 1925
125	Mar 1904	—	May 1923
1441	Apr 1904	11707	Aug 1926
1442	Apr 1904	11708	Jul 1925
1443	May 1904	11709	Jun 1925
1444	May 1904	11710	Jan 1925
1445	Jun 1904	11711	Sep 1924
1446	Jun 1904	11712	Aug 1926
1447	Jul 1904	11713	Feb 1926
1448	Jul 1904	11714	Feb 1925
1449	Jul 1904	11715	1924
1450	Aug 1904	11716	Aug 1926

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All had been withdrawn and scrapped by 1926: only two (11704 and 11711) received their LMS number.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.

External links

• http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=lok&datum=1914&page=14&size=45