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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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DX Goods
Vital Statistics |
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| Official Name |
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| Nickname |
DX Goods |
| Water & Coal Storage |
Tender |
| Water Capacity |
2,000 gallon |
| Coal Capacity |
? |
| Wheel Arrangement |
0-6-0 |
| Driven Wheels |
Six 5ft 2in Spoked |
| Carrying Wheels |
none |
| Wheelbase |
7ft 3in + 8ft 3in |
| Boiler |
4ft 2in diameter; 10ft 6in long |
| Boiler Pressure |
150 psi |
| Grate Area |
17.1 sq.ft. |
| Tubes |
198 |
| Total Heating Area |
1,074 sq.ft. |
| Cylinders |
Two inside 17in diameter; 24in stroke |
| Weight in full working order |
29 tons |
| Designer |
Mr. J. Ramsbottom |
| Number in Class |
943 |
| Lifetime |
September 1858—? |
The DX 0-6-0s were designed by John Ramsbottom and no less than 943 were
built in 1858—72 including 86 for the Lancashire & Yorkshire
Railway  . This was a remarkable instance of standardisation at a time
when most railways had many different classes, each class with only few
engines.
As originally built, the DXs naturally included all the usual Ramsbottom
features: his own design of chimney top, safety valves ,
and screw reverse , horizontal smokebox door, slotted
splashers , wooden buffer beams , wooden brake blocks
on the tender and no brakes on the engine.
In 1862 it was decided that goods engines would no longer be named and in 1863
all the name plates were removed. They were replaced by number plates in the same
style and showing the date of building, as on the original unnamed engines.
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