L&YR Class 31

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L&YR Class 31
Normanton Locomotive Depot survivor of a large class of ex-L&Y geograph-2785803-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
No. 12928 at Normanton Locomotive Depot on 25 May 1947
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer George Hughes
Build date1912-1920
Total producedNew, 115
Rebuilds, 40
Total, 155
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 0-8-0
Gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.4 ft 6 in (1.372 m)
Loco weight66.2 long tons (67.3 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Boiler pressure180 psi (1.24 MPa)
Cylinders Two, inside
Cylinder size 21.5 in × 26 in (546 mm × 660 mm) [1]
Valve gear Joy
Performance figures
Tractive effort 34,055 lbf (151.5 kN)
Career
Operators L&YR, LMS, BR
Power classLMS 7F
Locale London Midland Region
DispositionAll scrapped

The L&YR Class 31 was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The class was designed by George Hughes and introduced in 1912. The class comprised 115 new locomotives and 40 rebuilt from other classes. [2]

Contents

Transfer to LMS

The locomotives passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923. The LMS numbered them 12840-12994 and gave them the power classification 7F.

Transfer to BR

In 1948, British Railways (BR) inherited 17 locomotives and numbered them in the range 52841–52971. [3]

Withdrawal

No examples of this class were preserved.

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References

  1. Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 3, page 44
  2. Casserley, H.C. and Johnston, S.W., Locomotives at the Grouping, no.3, LMS, page 130, Ian Allan, 1966
  3. "Rail UK Steam Loco Class Information". Railuk.info. Retrieved 13 April 2012.