L&YR Class 24

L&YR Class 24

No. 11535 at Bank Hall Locomotive Depot in 1948
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer Aspinall
Build date 1897
Total produced 20
Specifications
Configuration 0-6-0T
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia. 4 ft 0 in (1.219 m)
Loco weight 50 long tons (51 t)
Fuel type Coal
Boiler pressure 160 psi (1.10 MPa)
Cylinders 2 outside
Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
Valve gear Allan
Performance figures
Tractive effort 17,470 lbf (77.7 kN)
Career
Operators L&YR, LMS
Power class LMS 2F
Disposition All scrapped

The L&YR Class 24 was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. It was designed by Aspinall and introduced in 1897. Twenty locomotives were built but 6 were withdrawn between 1917 and 1922.

Transfer to LMS

Fourteen locomotives passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the grouping in 1923.[1]

Transfer to BR

After further withdrawals, 5 locomotives passed to British Railways (BR) in 1948 and they were numbered as shown in the table below.[2]

Numbering

L&YR no. LMS no. BR no.
1352 11533
1353 11534
1355 11535 51535
1356 11536 51536
1358 11537 51537
1359 11538
1360 11539
494 11540
495 11541
496 11542
499 11543
501 11544 51544
505 11545
506 11546 51546

Withdrawal

All had been withdrawn by 1961. None were preserved.

References

  1. Casserley, H.C. and Johnston, S.W., Locomotives at the Grouping, no.3, LMS, page 115, Ian Allan, 1966
  2. Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 3, page 42
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