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The London and North Western Railway Experiment Class was a series of 30 three-cylinder 2-(2-2)-0 compound locomotives designed by Francis Webb for the London and North Western Railway between 1882 and 1884. They were Webb’s first large-scale experiment with a class of express compound locomotives, and the first engine was named accordingly. They were followed by a class of similar, but larger locomotives, that featured larger boilers and smaller driving wheels – the LNWR Dreadnought Class.
After Webb's retirement, his successor, George Whale, withdrew the Experiment class locomotives soon after he took up office in 1903.
LNWR No. |
Name | Crewe Works No. |
Date built |
Date scrapped |
Notes |
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66 | Experiment | 2500 | January 1882 | February 1905 | |
300 | Compound | 2625 | February 1883 | July 1905 | |
301 | Economist | 2626 | March 1883 | October 1904 | |
302 | Velocipede | 2627 | April 1883 | July 1905 | |
303 | Hydra | 2628 | April 1883 | January 1905 | |
305 | Trentham | 2669 | July 1883 | June 1904 | |
306 | Knowsley | 2670 | July 1883 | July 1905 | |
307 | Victor | 2671 | July 1883 | February 1905 | |
520 | Express | 2672 | July 1883 | April 1905 | |
519 | Shooting Star | 2673 | July 1883 | February 1905 | |
311 | Richard Francis Roberts | 2734 | January 1884 | July 1905 | |
315 | Alaska | 2735 | February 1884 | July 1905 | |
321 | Servia | 2736 | February 1884 | January 1905 | |
323 | Britannic | 2737 | February 1884 | March 1905 | |
333 | Germanic | 2738 | February 1884 | November 1904 | |
353 | Oregon | 2739 | February 1884 | July 1905 | |
363 | Aurania | 2740 | February 1884 | February 1905 | |
365 | America | 2741 | March 1884 | April 1905 | |
366 | City of Chicago | 2742 | March 1884 | May 1905 | |
310 | Sarmatian | 2743 | March 1884 | November 1904 | |
1102 | Cyclops | 2744 | May 1884 | October 1904 | |
1120 | Apollo | 2745 | June 1884 | December 1905 | |
1104 | Sunbeam | 2746 | June 1884 | January 1905 | |
1113 | Hecate | 2747 | June 1884 | August 1904 | |
1111 | Messenger | 2748 | June 1884 | February 1905 | |
1115 | Snake | 2749 | July 1884 | March 1905 | |
1116 | Friar | 2750 | July 1884 | August 1905 | |
1117 | Penguin | 2751 | July 1884 | October 1904 | |
372 | Empress | 2752 | July 1884 | June 1905 | |
374 | Emperor | 2753 | July 1884 | September 1905 |