LNWR John Hick Class

LNWR John Hick class
LNWR No. 20 John Hick
Technical specifications
Designer(s)	F. W. Webb
Serial number(s)	3505 3858–3866
Manufacturer(s)	Crewe Works
Build date	1894–1898
Total produced	10
Wheel arrangement	Whyte: 2-2-2-2 UIC: 1AA1 n3v
Rail gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm); standard gauge
Valve gear	Stephenson
Cylinders	Three, compound: two outside high pressure for trailing drivers, one inside low pressure for leading drivers
Boiler type	Pitch: 7 ft 8+1⁄4 in (2.343 m) Diameter: 4 ft 3 in (1.295 m) Tube plates: 18 ft 6 in (5.639 m)
Fuel type	Coal
Service information
Years in-service	London and North Western Railway
Scrapped	October 1907 – May 1912
Disposition details
Disposition	All scrapped
Number scrapped	All 10

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) John Hick class was a class of ten 2-2-2-2 steam locomotives designed for express passenger work by F. W. Webb.

History

They were broadly similar to the earlier Greater Britain class, the principal difference being smaller driving wheels, as their intended use was on the more-steeply graded Northern Section.

The first of the ten locomotives was built in February 1894, and the remaining nine came from Crewe Works between January and April 1898.

They were three-cylinder compound locomotives: the two outside high-pressure cylinders drove the trailing drivers via Howe-Stephenson valve gear, the one inside low-pressure cylinder drive the leading drivers via a slip eccentric. There was no connection between the two sets of drivers.

All the locomotives were named; one unusual feature (shared with the Greater Britain class) was that the names were split over two nameplates, one on each driving wheel splasher. This necessitated the use of two-word names, rather than some of the abbreviated names the LNWR had previously used. The names chosen continued the Greater Britain theme.

They continued in service until Webb's retirement. His successor, George Whale, preferred simple superheated locomotives; consequently they were all scrapped between 1907 and 1912.

List of Locomotives

LNWR No.	Name	Crewe Works No.	Date built	Date scrapped	Notes
20	John Hick	3505	Feb 1894	Apr 1910
1505	Richard Arkwright	3858	Jan 1898	May 1912
1512	Henry Cort	3859	Feb 1898	Oct 1907
1534	William Froude	3860	Feb 1898	Dec 1909
1535	Henry Maudsley	3861	Feb 1898	Aug 1910	Name misspelt
1536	Hugh Myddleton	3862	Mar 1898	Feb 1909
1548	John Penn	3863	Mar 1898	Mar 1909
1549	John Rennie	3864	Mar 1898	Aug 1909
1557	Thomas Savery	3865	Mar 1898	Mar 1909
1559	William Siemens	3866	Apr 1898	Oct 1910

London North Western Railway Classes
2-2-2	6ft "Single" Class • 173 Cornwall • 7ft "Large Bloomer" Class • 7ft "Single" Class • "Patent" Class • 6ft 6in "Small Bloomer" Class • H "Special Bloomer" Class • 7ft 6in "Problem"/"Lady of the Lake" Class
2-4-0	6ft "Samson"/"Curved Link Passenger" Class • 6ft 6in "Newton"/"Curved Link Passenger" Class • 5ft 6in "Precursor" • 6ft 6in "Precedent" Class • 2234 "Chopper" Class • "Improved Precedent" Class • "Small Jumbo"/"Waterloo"/"Whitworth" Class • "Crewe Goods" Class
2-4-2	4ft 6in Class • 5ft 6in Class
2-2-2-0	"Experiment" Class (F. W. Webb) • "Dreadnought" Class • "Teutonic" Class
4-2-2-0	No.3026
2-2-2-2	No.687 • No.600 • "Greater Britain" Class • 6ft 3in "John Hick" Class
2-2-4-0	No.2974
4-4-0	"Metropolitan" Class • LNWR "Jubilee" Class • "Alfred the Great" Class • "Benbow" Class • 6ft 9in "Precursor" Class • "Renown" Class • "Queen Mary" Class • "George the Fifth" Class
0-6-2	5ft 3in "Watford" Class • 17in "Coal Tank"
4-6-0	"Experiment" (G. Whale) • "Prince of Wales" Class • "Claughton" Class • No.1361 Prospero • 1400 "Bill Bailey" Class • 19in "Express Goods" Class
4-4-2	"Metropolitan Tank" (Rebuild) • 6ft "Precursor Tank"
4-6-2	2665 "Prince of Wales Tank"
0-6-0	271 Class • DX "Goods" Class • D "Early Goods" Class • "Ostrich" Class • "Wolverton Express Goods" Class • "Special Tank" Class • 17in "Coal Engine" Class • 5ft/18in "Express Goods"/"Crested Goods"/"Cauliflower" Class • DX "Special Goods" Class • 4ft 3in "Square Saddle Tank" Class
0-4-0	"Tram" Class • 4ft 835 "Shunter" Class • 4ft 1201 "Shunter" Class • 2360 Class
0-4-2	835 "Crane Tank" Class • 317 "Bissel" Class
0-8-0	No.2524 • A Class • B Class (F. W. Webb) • C Class • C1 Class • D Class • G Class • G1 Class • G2 Class • G2A Class • G3 Class
2-8-0	E Class • F Class • MM Class
0-8-2	1185 "Shunter" Class
0-8-4	380 Class
2-2-0	"Bury Bar-Frame" Class • B Class (E. Bury)