No. 819 Prince of Wales in photographic grey livery
Type and origin
Power type
Steam
Designer
Charles Bowen-Cooke
Builder
LNWR Crewe Works (130)
North British Locomotive Co. (20)
William Beardmore & Co. (91)
Serial number
Crewe: 5030–5039, 5167–5196, 5297–5326, 5437–5501
NBL: 21256–21275
Beardmore: 174–263, 304
Build date
1911–1921, 1924
Total produced
246
Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte
4-6-0
• UIC
2′C h2
Gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.
3 ft 9 in (1.143 m)
Driver dia.
6 ft 3 in (1.905 m)
Loco weight
66.50 long tons (67.6 t)
Boiler pressure
175 lbf/in2 (1.21 MPa)
Heating surface
1,816 sq ft (168.7 m2)
Superheater
Schmidt
Cylinders
Two, inside
Cylinder size
20+1⁄2 in × 26 in (521 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear
Joy, inside (some Walschaerts, outside)
Valve type
8-inch (200 mm) piston valves
Performance figures
Tractive effort
21,760 lbf (96.8 kN)
Career
Operators
London and North Western Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Railways
Class
Prince of Wales
Power class
LMS / BR: 3P
Number in class
1 January 1923: 245
1 January 1948: 4
Withdrawn
1933–1949
Disposition
All scrapped.
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Prince of Wales Class was a class of express passenger locomotive. It was in effect, a superheated version of the Experiment Class 4-6-0.[1][2]
^Nock 1968, p. 151.
^Baxter 1979, p. 275.
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