LNWR 1185 Class


The LNWR 1185 Class was a class of 0-8-2T steam tank locomotives designed by Charles Bowen-Cooke and introduced in 1911. They passed into LMS ownership in 1923 and 8 survived to British Railways ownership in 1948. British Railways numbers were 47875-47896.

Career

30 engines, designed under the supervision of C J Bowen-Cooke, and built at Crewe during 1911-1917. Intended for duties formerly needing two locomotives. Essentially a tank version of the G class 0-8-0s. When introduced they had the then new style of 12″ letters for the company's initials on the tank sides. They were fitted with saturated "Precursor" class boilers with lagged ends, round-top fireboxes, and sloping coal bunkers. The main wheels were coupled by three overlapping rods and the third pair of wheels were flangeless. Lever actuated Joy reversing gear appeared in-lieu of the normal Ramsbottom screw system. The earlier engines initially had slender tapered Cooke buffers but these were replaced by those of standard Webb pattern: The latter type was fitted from new on later engines. Braking was by steam, but vacuum brakes were provided to operate fitted or passenger stock if required.
LNWR No.Crewe Works No.Build dateLMS No.WithdrawnNotes
118550407870
166550417872
154850427871Briefly No.1790.
28950437873
116350447874
149450457875
159250467876
165950477877
166350487878
201350497879
5852477882
48252487880
56352497881
73652507883
109052517884
112452527885
141452537886
151452547887
151552557888
227752567889
2453577890
9253587891
71453597892
129153607893
133153617894
210553627895
229453637896
234153647897
234853657898
239153667899

During the Depression years many of the class spent time in store for want of work and almost half were scrapped. Ten, however, survived to be taken into nationalised stock at the start of 1948.
No.1090, as BR No.47884, achieved the highest calculated service mileage of 732,425 miles. Others ran 715,830 miles, 701,005 miles, 692,706 miles and 553,433 miles.