L&YR Class 31
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 No. 12928 at Normanton Locomotive Depot on 25 May 1947 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The L&YR Class 31 was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The class was designed by George Hughes and introduced in 1912. The class comprised 115 new locomotives and 40 rebuilt from other classes.[2]
Transfer to LMS
[edit]The locomotives passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923. The LMS numbered them 12840-12994 and gave them the power classification 7F.
Transfer to BR
[edit]In 1948, British Railways (BR) inherited 17 locomotives and numbered them in the range 52841–52971.[3]
Withdrawal
[edit]No examples of this class were preserved.
References
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- ^ Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 edition, part 3, page 44
- ^ Casserley, H.C. and Johnston, S.W., Locomotives at the Grouping, no.3, LMS, page 130, Ian Allan, 1966
- ^ "Rail UK Steam Loco Class Information". Railuk.info. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
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