LNWR Renown Class

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LNWR Renown Class
LNWR locomotive No. 1918 Renown.jpg
No. 1918 Renown in photographic grey livery
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer George Whale
BuilderLNWR Crewe Works
Build date1897–1903
Rebuild date1908–1924
Number rebuilt70
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 4-4-0
   UIC 2′B
Gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.7 ft 1 in (2.159 m)
Loco weight56.00 long tons (56.90 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Boiler pressure200 psi (1.38 MPa)
Cylinders Two
Cylinder size 18.5 in × 24 in (470 mm × 610 mm)
Valve gear Joy
Performance figures
Tractive effort 16,428 lbf (73.1 kN)
Career
Operators London and North Western Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Power classLMS: 2P
Number in class1 January 1923: 56
Withdrawn1925–1931
DispositionAll scrapped

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Renown Class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives. They were rebuilds of F.W. Webb's 4-cylinder compounds of the Jubilee and Alfred the Great classes into 2-cylinder simple engines by George Whale, later continued by Charles Bowen-Cooke.

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The first to be rebuilt was number 1918 Renown in 1908.

The rebuilds retained their original numbers. Unusually for the LNWR, the parent classes also had logical number series. Thus the Renowns were all numbered in the 1901–1940 series for ex-Jubilee Class and 1941–1980 for ex-Benbow class. In 1920, locomotive 1914 Invincible was renumbered 1257, and the number 1914 was then taken by the Claughton Class war memorial engine 1914 Patriot.

Renown Class 'Implacable', no. 1915, passes through Great Barr on an up passenger service circa 1923. Hamstead and Great Barr Station - lnwrgb4461.jpg
Renown Class 'Implacable', no. 1915, passes through Great Barr on an up passenger service circa 1923.

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) acquired 56 Renowns in 1923. The LMS allocated these numbers in the 5131–5186 series, listed according to date of rebuilding, though not all numbers were applied before withdrawals started in 1928. Meanwhile, the LMS renumbered the existing compounds into the 5110–5129 series (though some were withdrawn before numbers could be allocated, and others were allocated numbers but not applied), and converted another 14 of these, which retained their numbers, thus taking the total for the class up to 70. All were withdrawn and scrapped by 1931.

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