4-2-0 Steam Locomotives in Great Britain

Class 175 (Locobase 20958)

Data from "An Old L And NWR Express Locomotive", Locomotive Magazine, Volume XXIX [29], No 371 (14 June 1923), p. 191.

LM presented a photo of the 189 in later years to celebrate driver Bowker, who served 62 years on the L&NWR before his retirement. But the essential details remained the same. A big dome, tall stack, unsheltered footplate (except for a small spectacled weatherboard), single pair of tall drivers just ahead of the firebox were typical of the time.

The outside cylinders separated the two leading carrying axle; the forward wheels under the firebox were transformed into solid discs in later years.

Class London (Locobase 674)

Data from Reder (1974) and G D Dempsey, CE & D Kinnear Clark, CE, A Rudimentary Treatise on the Locomotive Engine (London: Crosby, Lockwood & Co, 1879), p. 63.

A Crampton built for the London & Birmingham, but delivered after the L&B, Manchester and Birmingham, and Grand Junction Railway merger into the London and North Western. Notice the relatively large boiler, but small firebox.

Reached 65 1/2 mph (105 kph)and averaged 58 1/2 mph (94 kph), Wolverton to London with twelve coaches. Usual "duty" according to Dempsey & Clark, was 75 trailing tons at 55.4 mph (89 kph) for 3 miles and 55 trailing tons at 53 mph (85 kph) for 30 miles (48 km).

Unsuccessful because it was hard on tracks.