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LNWR 1400 Class

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Power type
  
Steam

Builder
  
Crewe Works

Total produced
  
30

Designer
  
F. W. Webb

Build date
  
1903–1905

LNWR 1400 Class

Serial number
  
4365, 4376–4384, 4420–4439

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) 1400 Class, commonly known as Bill Baileys after the popular little music hall number "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey", was a class of 30 4-cylinder 4-6-0 compound locomotives. Essentially a Class B compound 0-8-0 with different wheel arrangement. 30 were built starting in 1903, intended for a mixed traffic role. The first was withdrawn in 1913, with several more following during the First World War, cannibalised to keep Class Bs running. None survived to the grouping of 1923; the last was withdrawn in 1921.

References

LNWR 1400 Class Wikipedia