Early Days ⁽⁷⁾

Mr. J. Ramsbottom

1858 — DX Goods ⁽³⁾
1863 — 4ft Shunter ⁽³⁾
1870 — Special Tank ⁽²⁾

Mr. F.W. Webb

1873 — Coal Engine ⁽⁴⁾
1880 — 18in Goods ⁽⁵⁾
1881 — Special DX ⁽²⁾
1881 — Coal Tanks ⁽²⁾
1893 — ‘A’ class ⁽²⁾
1894 — Crane Tank ⁽²⁾
1896 — Dock Tank ⁽²⁾
1901 — ‘B’ class ⁽²⁾
1903 — 1400 Class ⁽²⁾

Mr. G. Whale

1904 — ‘C’ class ⁽³⁾
1904 — ‘E’ class ⁽³⁾
1906 — ‘D’ class ⁽²⁾
1906 — ‘F’ class ⁽²⁾
1906 — ‘G’ class ⁽¹⁾
1912 — ‘G1’ class ⁽⁵⁾
1906 — 19in Goods ⁽³⁾

Mr. C.J. Bowen Cooke

1911 — 1185 class ⁽²⁾

Capt. H.P.M. Beames

1923 — 380 class ⁽²⁾

Ex GCR

1919 — ‘MM’ class ⁽²⁾

No.3248 ‘4ft Shunter — Crane Tank’ 0-4-2

Click on picture for bigger image.   LNWRS Photo Ref 498

Several of the ‘4ft shunters’ were converted to crane tanks  by adding a crane in a larger bunker  and a pair of trailing wheels to carry the weight. Always a curious design, they were used in docks and works. Here No.3248 is about to lift something from Caledonian Railway  3-plank open wagon  No.5672, coupled to a Great Central Railway  van . The enginemen have reduced the draughts by sheeting over the cab side.

4ft shunter Crane Tank Locomotive Class