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Mr. J. Ramsbottom
1858 — DX Goods
1863 — 4ft Shunter
1870 — Special Tank
Mr. F.W. Webb
1873 — 17in Coal Engine
1880 — 18in Goods
1881 — Special DX
1881 — Coal Tanks
1893 — ‘A’ class
1894 — Crane Tank
1896 — Dock Tank
1901 — ‘B’ class
1903 — 1400 Class
Mr. G. Whale
1904 — ‘C’ class
1904 — ‘E’ class
1906 — ‘D’ class
1906 — ‘F’ class
1906 — ‘G’ class
1912 — ‘G1’ class
1906 — 19in Express Goods
Mr. C.J. Bowen Cooke
1911 — 1185 class
Capt. H.P.M. Beames
1923 — 380 class
Ex GCR
1919 — ‘MM’ class
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17in Coal Engine
Vital Statistics |
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| Official Name |
17in Coal Engine |
| Nickname |
? |
| Water & Coal Storage |
Tender |
| Water Capacity |
1,800 gallon |
| Coal Capacity |
? tons |
| Wheel Arrangement |
0-6-0 |
| Driven Wheels |
Six 4ft 5½in |
| Carrying Wheels |
none |
| Wheelbase |
7ft 3in + 8ft 3in |
| Boiler |
4ft 2in diameter; 9ft 9¾in long |
| Boiler Pressure |
140 psi (later 150 psi) |
| Grate Area |
17.1 sq.ft. |
| Tubes |
198 |
| Total Heating Area |
1,074.6 sq.ft. |
| Cylinders |
Two inside 17in diameter; 24in stroke |
| Weight |
32 tons 0 cwt |
| Designer |
Mr. F.W. Webb |
| Number in Class |
499 |
| Lifetime |
1873—1953 |
Introduced in 1873 by Mr. Webb  and based on the ‘Special
Tanks’ for general goods work, originally they had 140 psi
boilers, later uprated to 150 psi. They were never fitted for vacuum
brakes , and so could not be used on passenger trains once the vacuum
brake was adopted.
The ‘Coal Engines’ were described as “probably
the simplest and cheapest locomotives ever made in this
country” — as they were robust, long-lived and capable of
hard work, they were a good engineering solution which did the job
required excellently.
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