Accrington Railways - Robert Kenyon

Hughes ‘Superheated’ Locomotives Clas s Type

L & Y number LMS & BR numbers

New

Withdrawn

31

0 – 8 – 0 tender 0 – 8 – 0 tender 0 – 8 – 0 tender 0 – 8 – 0 tender 0 – 8 – 0 tender 0 – 8 – 0 tender 0 – 8 – 0 tender 0 – 8 – 0 tender 0 – 8 – 0 tender 0 – 8 – 0 tender

141

12883

May 1914

March 1935

31

697

12918

August 1917

March 1937

31

1438

(12898)

August 1903

November 1928

31

1551

12845

January 1913

August 1930

31

1552

12846

February 1913

November 1932

31

1611

12931

May 1919

November 1933

31

1619

12939

September 1919

February 1935

31

1625

12945 & 52945

December 1919

May 1951*

31

1626

12946

January 1920

September 1936

31 April 1937 Locomotive number 1438 was built with a ‘corrugated’ boiler and was fitted with a Top & Bottom superheater in November 1911 and the LMS number (in parenthesis), was allocated but not carried. Locomotives 1551 & 1552 had ‘plug’ type superheaters, whilst 1611, 1619, 1625, 1626 & 1643 were all fitted with Top & Bottom – 28 element superheaters. Locomotive number 1625 was withdrawn during 1938 and then reinstated in 1941 re-entering service coupled to a LNWR 6-wheel tender, the rest of the class having L & Y 8-wheel tenders during their operational lives. Hughes ‘Banking’ Locomotives Class Type L & Y number LMS number New Withdrawn 32 0 – 8 – 2 side tank 1501 (11800) March 1908 August 1925 32 0 – 8 – 2 side tank 1502 (11801) March 1908 June 1927 32 0 – 8 – 2 side tank 1505 (11804) April 1908 February 1927 These locomotives were built specifically for shunting and more especially in the case of those allocated to Accrington, for providing banking assistance at the rear of heavy trains going up the Baxenden incline, which had a gradient of between 1:38 and 1:40. Not all were allocated to Accrington at one time, with 1505 allocated to Agecroft shed for working at the Manchester Ship Canal sidings, whilst 1503 and 1504 went initially to Aintree sheds where they were not a success due to fouling trackside installations. Number 1503 was exchanged for 1505 after just a short time and 1505 was then re-allocated to Accrington as a ‘spare’ for the two already there. Unusually for non-passenger locomotives, all were turned out in crimson livery with black and white lining, as compared to black of the freight engines. Although LMS numbers were allocated, as shown in parenthesis, none were carried. They were dubbed the ‘Little Egberts’ after a troupe of performing elephants which had appeared as an attraction in a travelling circus. At that time these were the heaviest engines on the L & Y system at 84 tons. 1643 12963 October 1920

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