LNWR 1400 Class

4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)Leading dia.3 ft 1+12 in (0.953 m)Driver dia.5 ft 3 in (1.600 m)Loco weight60 long tons (61 t)Heating surface1,753 sq ft (162.9 m2)CylindersFour, compound; HP outside, LP insideHigh-pressure cylinder15 in × 24 in (381 mm × 610 mm)Low-pressure cylinder20+12 in × 24 in (521 mm × 610 mm)
Career
OperatorsLondon and North Western Railway
NicknamesBill Baileys
ScrappedNov 1913 – Mar 1921
DispositionAll scrapped

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) 1400 Class, commonly known as Bill Baileys after the popular little music hall number "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey", was a class of 30 4-cylinder 4-6-0 compound locomotives. Essentially a Class B compound 0-8-0 with different wheel arrangement. 30 were built starting in 1903, intended for a mixed traffic role. The first was withdrawn in 1913, with several more following during the First World War, cannibalised to keep Class Bs running. None survived to the grouping of 1923; the last was withdrawn in 1921.

References

  • Goods Engines of LNWR - 1400 Class London and North Western Railway Society
  • Baxter, Bertram (1979). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 2B: London and North Western Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. pp. 239–240. ISBN 0-903485-84-2.
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Charles John Bowen Cooke (1909–1920)
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