Highland Railway Clan Goods Class

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Highland Railway ‘Clan Goods’
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‘Clan Goods’ on an Aberdeen to Inverness express in 1948
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer Christopher Cumming
Builder Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Serial number3286–3289, 3371–3374
Build date1918–1919
Total produced8
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 4-6-0
Gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Leading dia. 3 ft 0 in (0.914 m)
Driver dia.5 ft 3 in (1.600 m)
Loco weight56 long tons 9 cwt (126,400 lb or 57.4 t) (126,400 pounds or 57.3 tonnes or 63.2 short tons)
Water cap.3,000 imp gal (14,000 L; 3,600 US gal)
Boiler4 ft 7+316 in (1.402 m) diameter, with 1+18 in (29 mm) taper
Boiler pressure175 lbf/in2 (1.21 MPa)
Heating surface1,199 sq ft (111.4 m2)
Superheater:
  Type Robinson
  Heating area241 sq ft (22.4 m2)
Cylinders Two, outside
Cylinder size 20+12 in × 26 in (521 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear Walschaerts
Performance figures
Tractive effort 25,800  lbf (114.8  kN)
Career
Operators HRLMSBR
Power classLMS: 5F
NumbersHR: 75–82
LMS: 17950–17957
BR: 57950–51/54–56
Withdrawn1946–1952
DispositionAll scrapped

The Highland Railway's Clan Goods class was a class of steam locomotive. They were designed by Christopher Cumming. The first four (Nos 75 to 78) were built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company on Tyneside, and the maker's plates bore the date 1917, but because of wartime delays were not delivered until 1918. [1] Four more (Nos. 79 to 82) were built in 1919, also by Hawthorn Leslie. [2]

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Dimensions

They featured two Robinson type 20+12 by 26 in (521 by 660 mm) cylinders outside (with long tail-rods), 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) driving wheel and a boiler set at 175 lbf/in2 (1.21 MPa). Locomotive weight was 56 long tons 9 cwt (126,400 lb or 57.4 t).

Transfer to LMS

All eight entered service with the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in January 1923. They were classified '5F' by the LMS.

Transfer to BR

Six locomotives survived to enter British Railways (BR) service in 1948, of which five were given BR numbers. [3]

Numbering

Table of locomotives [4]
HR No.BuiltLMS No.BR No.WithdrawnNotes
7519181795057950August 1950
7619181795157951May 1951
77191817952October 1946
7819181795357953October 1948Withdrawn before BR number applied
7919181795457954October 1952
8019191795557955June 1952
8119191795657956May 1952
82191917957March 1946

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