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    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...
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  • Railway (LNWR) had three classes of steam locomotive identified as Precursor Class: LNWR Webb Precursor Class of 1874–1879 by Francis Webb, a 2-4-0 LNWR Whale...
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    Personalities. LNWR 1201 0-4-0ST LNWR 17in Coal Engine 0-6-0 LNWR Webb Precursor Class 2-4-0 LNWR Precedent Class 2-4-0 LNWR Chopper Tank Class 2-4-2T LNWR 4ft 6in...
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    in 1904, it should not be confused with the LNWR 2-4-0 "Precursor" Class of 1874 designed by Francis Webb, the last example of which was scrapped in 1895...
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    the driving wheels. They were effectively a tank version of the LNWR Webb Precursor Class, which were then being withdrawn. Three locomotives were withdrawn...
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    The LNWR 1185 Class was a class of 0-8-2T steam tank locomotives designed by Charles Bowen-Cooke and introduced in 1911. They passed into LMS ownership...
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    (LNWR) Waterloo Class was a class of 2-4-0 steam locomotives that was also known as the Whitworth Class. The locomotives were introduced by F. W. Webb...
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    The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Improved Precedent Class or Renewed Precedent Class is a class of 2-4-0 steam locomotives originally designed...
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    Western Railway (LNWR) 7 ft 6 in Single 2-2-2 class was a type of express passenger locomotive designed by John Ramsbottom. The class is better known as...
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    essentially superheated versions of the LNWR Whale Precursor Class. At the same time, similar non-superheated Queen Mary Class engines were also built but all...
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  • time at Crewe Works. It is based on the LNWR Alfred the Great Class and is the only surviving Crewe built Webb Compound. (Completed circa 1910-12) The...
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  • the LNWR running department under J. Rigg. In 1898 he was made responsible for the running of all LNWR locomotives. Francis William Webb, the LNWR Locomotive...
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    many famous locomotives such as the Webb 2-4-0 Jumbo class and the compounds, the Whale Experiment and Precursor classes, and the Bowen-Cooke Claughtons....
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    in an experimental BR lined black,: 143, 148, 150, 166 : 51  which used LNWR-style red, cream and grey lining (similar to that adopted for Mixed Traffic...
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    accommodating 86 locomotives and the Chief Mechanical Engineer, by this time Francis Webb, gained authority for a second building. In 1882 the shed was extended by...
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    on the LNWR and its crowded coastal route. The 1914 RCH Junction Diagram shown right suggests WISC might have swapped dependence on the LNWR for dependence...
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    drainage machine". "DHR Fully Open Again; bags Top Heritage Award for DHR B-Class Steam Locomotive – RailNews Media India Ltd". "The Institution of Mechanical...
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