Caledonian Railway 944 Class: Difference between revisions

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-6-2T
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Loco weight	91tons 13cwt
Boiler pressure	170psi
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	19.5 in × 26 in (495 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	William Pickersgill
Builder	North British Locomotive Company, Hyde Park Works
Serial number	21480-21491
Build date	1917
Total produced	12

Caledonian Railway 944 Class
Caledonian Railway 944 Class
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	William Pickersgill
Builder	North British Locomotive Company, Hyde Park Works
Serial number	21480-21491
Build date	1917
Total produced	12
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-6-2T
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Loco weight	91tons 13cwt
Boiler pressure	170psi
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	19.5 in × 26 in (495 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	20,804 lbf (92.54 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	CR • LMS • BR
Class	CR: 944
Power class	LMS: 4P

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The Caledonian Railway 944 Class were 4-6-2T passenger tank locomotives designed by William Pickersgill and built in 1917, at the North British Locomotive Company's Hyde Park Works in Glasgow.

Overview

Although the Caledonian Railway built a long and successful series of small 0-4-4T passenger tank engines, the twelve locomotives of the 944 Class were the only large passenger tanks operated by the company. They shared much of their design with the contemporary 60 Class 4-6-0s.^[2] They were originally used on the Inverclyde Line and so gained the nickname 'Wemyss Bay Pugs' amongst enginemen.

The locomotives passed into the ownership of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway upon its formation in 1923 and were repainted from Caledonian blue into LMS crimson lake livery, although within a few years this gave way to lined black livery. They were later displaced from the Inverclyde line by LMS Fowler and Fairburn 2-6-4Ts and by the time of Nationalisation in 1948 the surviving locomotives were all allocated to Beattock shed, primarily for banking duties on Beattock bank. They were all withdrawn and scrapped between 1946 and 1953.

Numbering and Locomotive Histories

CR no.	LMS no.	BR no.	Builder's no.	Delivered	Withdrawn
944	15350	55350	NBL 21480	03/1917	04/1952
945	15351	(55351)	NBL 21481	03/1917	12/1948
946	15352	55352	NBL 21482	01/1917	03/1952
947	15353	55353	NBL 21483	01/1917	08/1951
948	15354	55354	NBL 21484	01/1917	08/1949
949	15355	(55355)	NBL 21485	01/1917	01/1948
950	15356	55356	NBL 21486	01/1917	06/1950
951	15357		NBL 21487	01/1917	07/1946
952	15358		NBL 21488	04/1917	05/1946
953	15359	55359	NBL 21489	04/1917	10/1953
954	15360	55360	NBL 21490	05/1917	02/1952
955	15361	55361	NBL 21491	05/1917	06/1952

sources: BritishSteam,^[3] Longworth (2005) p167 ^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Casserley, H. C. & Johnston, S.W. (1966), Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London Midland and Scottish, Ian Allan, p.160
^ Essery, Bob & Jenkinson, David (1986), An Illustrated History of L.M.S. Locomotives, Volume Three: Absorbed Pre-Group Classes, Northern Division, OPC, p.61
^ "BritishSteam locomotive information". BritishSteam.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
^ Longworth, Hugh (2005), British Railways Steam Locomotives 1948-1968, Oxford Publishing Co., p.167

[Casseley&Johnston160-1] Casserley, H. C. & Johnston, S.W. (1966), Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London Midland and Scottish, Ian Allan, p.160

[Essery&Jenkinson33-2] Essery, Bob & Jenkinson, David (1986), An Illustrated History of L.M.S. Locomotives, Volume Three: Absorbed Pre-Group Classes, Northern Division, OPC, p.61

[3] "BritishSteam locomotive information". BritishSteam.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

[Longworth167-4] Longworth, Hugh (2005), British Railways Steam Locomotives 1948-1968, Oxford Publishing Co., p.167

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 ==References==

v t e Caledonian Railway locomotives
Robert Sinclair (1847–1856)	59 (2-2-2) 96 101 111
Benjamin Connor (1856–1876)	59 (2-4-0) 552 600
George Brittain (1876–1882)	1 130 140 152 179 485 486 670
Dugald Drummond (1882–1890)	66 80 123 124 171 262 264 272 294 323
Hugh Smellie (1890)	Appointed 1 September 1890. Died 19 April 1891
John Lambie (1891–1895)	1 13 19 211 538A
John F. McIntosh (1895–1914)	29 43 49 55 92 139 140 179 184 439 492 498 611 652 711 721 766 782 812 879 900 903
William Pickersgill (1914–1923)	60 72 113 159 191 300 431 944 956
Miscellaneous	Highland Railway River Class
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