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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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19in Express Goods
Vital Statistics |
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| Official Name |
19in Express Goods |
| Nickname |
Experiment Goods |
| Water & Coal Storage |
Tender |
| Water Capacity |
3,000 gallon |
| Coal Capacity |
? tons |
| Wheel Arrangement |
4-6-0 |
| Driven Wheels |
Six 5ft 2½in wheels |
| Carrying Wheels |
Four 3ft 3in on leading bogie |
| Wheelbase |
6ft 3in + 6ft 10½in + 6ft 9½in + 6ft 9½in |
| Total Wheelbase |
26ft 8½in |
| Boiler |
?ft ?in diameter; ?ft ?in long |
| Boiler Pressure |
185 psi |
| Grate Area |
25 sq.ft. |
| Cylinders |
Two inside 19¾in diameter; 26in stroke |
| Weight in full working order |
63 tons 0 cwt |
| Designer |
Mr. G. Whale |
| Number in Class |
170 |
| Lifetime |
1906—1950 |
Following the great success of the ‘Precursor’  and
‘Experiment’ classes for passenger work, in 1906
Mr. Whale produced a goods or mixed-traffic version of the
‘Experiments’. The driving wheel size was reduced to
5ft 2½in but the same 4-6-0 arrangement was
retained and they were otherwise identical with the
‘Experiments’ excepting that only a single long lower
splasher was needed. They had Joy valve gear with balanced slide
valves. In LMS days, a number were fitted with Belpaire fireboxes
between 1927—34. Three lasted into BR days but retained their
LMS numbers.
But progress is rarely wholly forward: In a design
‘improvement’ sandboxes were placed inside the frames but
proved almost impossible to fill. They were quickly replaced with
more practical designs outside the frames. Some engines were fitted
with wind guards on the sand pipes, to prevent sand being blown away
from under the wheels.
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