L&YR Class 30


The L&YR Class 30 was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The class was designed by John Aspinall and introduced in 1900.

Hoy locomotives

Twenty of the class, built in 1903, were fitted with Henry Hoy's corrugated cylindrical steel firebox. This was not a great success and they were later rebuilt with conventional boilers.

Numbering

A total of 60 locomotives was built and these passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. The LMS numbered them 12700-12759 and gave them the power classification 5F. In 1948, British Railways inherited only 1 surviving locomotive. This was LMS 12727 and BR numbered it 52727.

Withdrawal

The first locomotive was withdrawn in 1926 and the last in 1950. None were preserved.