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The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Precursor class was a class of forty 2-4-0 steam locomotives designed by F. W. Webb and built at the

railway's Crewe Works between 1874 and 1879.

History[]

The Precursor class was the first locomotive class to be designed wholly by F. W. Webb. He had previously ordered further examples of his predecessor's Samson and Newton classes.

The class featured enclosed wheel splashers and cabs from new, but no brakes were initially fitted; some received steam brakes and others vacuum brakes.

They were fitted with 1,500-imperial-gallon (6,800 L; 1,800 US gal) tenders.

List of Locomotives[]

LNWR

No.

Name Crewe

Works No.

Date built Date scrapped
2145 Precursor 1802 Apr 1874 Mar 1894
2146 Harbinger 1803 Aug 1874 Jun 1893
2147 Champion 1804 Aug 1874 Nov 1895
2148 Vizier 1805 Aug 1874 1893 circa
2149 Candidate 1806 Aug 1874 Jun 1893
1143 Marquis 1807 Aug 1874 1894 circa
1144 Druid 1808 Aug 1874 1892 circa
1145 Cossack 1809 Sep 1874 1894 circa
1152 Arab 1810 Sep 1874 Dec 1892
1153 Sirocco 1811 Sep 1874 Aug 1895
1154 Colossus 1812 Sep 1874 1892 circa
1155 Dragon 1813 Sep 1874 Apr 1894
402 Viscount 1814 Sep 1874 Jun 1893
406 Senator 1815 Sep 1874 1892 circa
408 Simoon 1816 Sep 1874 1894 circa
409 Thunderbolt 1817 Oct 1874 Dec 1892
413 Python 1818 Oct 1874 Jun 1893
425 Oberon 1819 Oct 1874 1893
426 Warrior 1820 Oct 1874 1895 circa
427 Fame 1821 Oct 1874 1894 circa
1147 John Rennie 2229 Oct 1878 1894 circa
1148 Boadicea 2230 Oct 1878 1894 circa
1149 Helvellyn 2231 Sep 1878 1894 circa
1150 Lang Meg 2232 Oct 1878 1893 circa
1151 Lapwing 2233 Oct 1878 May 1895
1165 Vulture 2234 Nov 1878 Dec 1892
1169 Albatross 2235 Oct 1878 Dec 1892
1174 Cerberus 2236 Oct 1878 Jun 1893
679 Harrowby 2237 Oct 1878 1894 circa
847 Cedric 2238 Oct 1878 1895 circa
431 Bessemer 2249 Jan 1879 Dec 1892
838 Henry Cort 2250 Jan 1879 Sep 1895
481 Etna 2251 Jan 1879 Dec 1892
626 Emerald 2252 Jan 1879 1895 circa
255 Eglington 2253 Jan 1879 1895 circa
680 Giffard 2254 Jan 1879 1895 circa
338 Levens 2255 Feb 1879 Dec 1892
718 Jason 2256 Feb 1879 Jun 1893
779 William Baker 2257 Feb 1879 Jun 1893
1180 Pearl 2258 Feb 1879 Feb 1895
London North Western Railway Classes
2-2-2 6ft "Single" Class173 Cornwall7ft "Large Bloomer" Class7ft "Single" Class"Patent" Class6ft 6in "Small Bloomer" ClassH "Special Bloomer" Class7ft 6in "Problem"/"Lady of the Lake" Class
2-4-0 6ft "Samson"/"Curved Link Passenger" Class6ft 6in "Newton"/"Curved Link Passenger" Class5ft 6in "Precursor"6ft 6in "Precedent" Class2234 "Chopper" Class"Improved Precedent" Class"Small Jumbo"/"Waterloo"/"Whitworth" Class"Crewe Goods" Class
2-4-2 4ft 6in Class5ft 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.687No.600"Greater Britain" Class6ft 3in "John Hick" Class
2-2-4-0 No.2974
4-4-0 "Metropolitan" ClassLNWR "Jubilee" Class"Alfred the Great" Class"Benbow" Class6ft 9in "Precursor" Class"Renown" Class"Queen Mary" Class"George the Fifth" Class
0-6-2 5ft 3in "Watford" Class17in "Coal Tank"
4-6-0 "Experiment" (G. Whale)"Prince of Wales" Class"Claughton" ClassNo.1361 Prospero1400 "Bill Bailey" Class19in "Express Goods" Class
4-4-2 "Metropolitan Tank" (Rebuild)6ft "Precursor Tank"
4-6-2 2665 "Prince of Wales Tank"
0-6-0 271 ClassDX "Goods" ClassD "Early Goods" Class"Ostrich" Class"Wolverton Express Goods" Class"Special Tank" Class17in "Coal Engine" Class5ft/18in "Express Goods"/"Crested Goods"/"Cauliflower" ClassDX "Special Goods" Class4ft 3in "Square Saddle Tank" Class
0-4-0 "Tram" Class4ft 835 "Shunter" Class4ft 1201 "Shunter" Class2360 Class
0-4-2 835 "Crane Tank" Class317 "Bissel" Class
0-8-0 No.2524A ClassB Class (F. W. Webb)C ClassC1 ClassD ClassG Class G1 ClassG2 ClassG2A ClassG3 Class
2-8-0 E ClassF ClassMM Class
0-8-2 1185 "Shunter" Class
0-8-4 380 Class
2-2-0 "Bury Bar-Frame" ClassB Class (E. Bury)
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