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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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‘E’ class
Vital Statistics |
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| Official Name |
‘E’ class |
| Nickname |
? |
| Water & Coal Storage |
Wooden framed Tender |
| Water Capacity |
2000 gallon |
| Coal Capacity |
5 tons |
| Wheel Arrangement |
2-8-0 |
| Driven Wheels |
Eight 4ft 5½in wheels |
| Carrying Wheels |
Two 3ft 0in wheels |
| Wheelbase |
6ft 4in - 5ft 9in + 5ft 9in + 5ft 9in |
| Total Wheelbase |
23ft 7in |
| Boiler |
4ft 2in diameter; 15ft 6in long |
| Boiler Pressure |
200 psi |
| Grate Area |
20.5 sq.ft. |
| Tubes |
? |
| Total Heating Area |
1,687 sq.ft. |
High Pressure
Cylinders |
Two outside 15in diameter; 24in stroke |
Low Pressure
Cylinders |
Two inside 20½in diameter; 24in stroke |
| Weight |
56 tons 10 cwt |
| Designer |
Mr. G. Whale |
| Number in Class |
26 |
| Lifetime |
1904–1962 |
The inelegant overhang and concentrated weight at the front end of
the ‘B’s  was justifiably disliked by Mr. Webb’s
successor, Mr. George Whale . In 1904 he experimented by converting a
‘B’ into a 2-8-0 by adding a pony truck (a
pair of carrying wheels mounted in a swivelling frame) at the front.
This was considerably more satisfactory both in visual and
engineering terms.
A further twenty-five were converted, the running benefiting with
a bogie present to lead the long wheelbase into curves.
View the Genealogy of the 0-8-0 Design.
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