LNWR Class F


The London and North Western Railway Class F was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives in service between 1906 and 1928.

History

George Whale had rebuilt 26 of the Class B compound 0-8-0s with the addition of a leading pony truck between 1904–1908 to what would become Class E in 1911. However, from 1906 10 Class Bs were rebuilt with larger diameter boilers, along with a pair of Class Es in 1907 and 1908 respectively.
From 1921, the LNWR started rebuilding the Class Fs into Class G1 superheated 0-8-0s, and by the grouping of 1923 six had been rebuilt. The remaining six were allocated the LMS numbers 9610–5. The LMS rebuilt a further four into G1s between 1923 and 1925. The last two were withdrawn and scrapped in 1927 and 1928 without being rebuilt.

List of locomotives

LMS numbers in parentheses were not carried prior to rebuilding as G1 or withdrawal.