User:M.R.Forrester/LNWR Southern Division Table

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This table is in preparation for Locomotives of the London and North Western Railway

James McConnell (1847–1862)

Image Class Type Quantity Manufacturer Date Operations Notes
0-6-0 ≤ 26 R and W Hawthorn 1848 Goods

Also used by North-Eastern division

[1] Long boiler design
Sharp, Stewart & Co.
Robert Stephenson & Co.
3 Wolverton
Mac's Mangle 2-2-2 1 Wolverton 1849 [2] Too large for the loading gauge, causing damage to platforms
Bloomers 2-2-2 25 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 1851–61 Express trains between Euston, Rugby, and Birmingham [3]
5 Kitson & Co. 1861 [3]
15 Wolverton 1861–62 [3]
McConnell express engines 2-2-2 William Fairbairn & Sons 1852-54 Express trains between London and Birmingham [4]
E. B. Wilson & Co.
0-6-0 ? William Fairbairn & Sons 1852–54 Mineral goods trains [5]
2 William Fairbairn & Sons Larger firebox & more boiler tubes than class above [5]
3 Long, partitioned firebox [5]
Small Bloomers 2-2-2 11 R and W Hawthorn 1853–61 Southern Division secondary fast trains [4]
Vulcan Foundry
25 Wolverton
0-6-0 11 Kitson & Co. 1854 Main line fast goods Unusually large 5ft 6in wheels [5]
95 Wolverton 1856–63
Special Bloomers 2-2-2 3 Wolverton 1861 Express trains Unusually long 18ft wheelbase. Displayed at 1862 London Exhibition. [6]
  1. ^ Nock 1952, pp. 33–34.
  2. ^ Nock 1952, p. 33.
  3. ^ a b c Ahrons 1927, p. 94.
  4. ^ a b Ahrons 1927, p. 95.
  5. ^ a b c d Ahrons 1927, p. 102.
  6. ^ Ahrons 1927, pp. 145–146.