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Highland Railway Clan Goods Class

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Power type
  
Steam

Serial number
  
3286–3289, 3371–3374

Total produced
  
8

Designer
  
Christopher Cumming

Build date
  
1917–1919

Highland Railway Clan Goods Class

Builder
  
Hawthorn Leslie and Company

The Highland Railway's Clan Goods class was a class of steam locomotive. They were designed by Christopher Cumming. The first four (Nos 75 to 78) were built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company on Tyneside, some sources claim they were delivered in 1917, others claim it was the following year. Four more were built in 1919.

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Dimensions

They featured two Robinson type 20 12 by 26 in (521 by 660 mm) cylinders outside (with long tail-rods), 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) driving wheel and a boiler set at 175 lbf/in2 (1.21 MPa). Locomotive weight was 56 long tons 9 cwt (126,400 lb or 57.4 t).

Transfer to LMS

All eight entered service with the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in January 1923. They were classified '5F' by the LMS.

Transfer to BR

Seven locomotives survived to enter British Railways (BR) service in 1948.

References

Highland Railway Clan Goods Class Wikipedia


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