Highland Railway L Class
Highland Railway L class
| Type and origin |
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| Power type |
Steam |
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| Designer |
David Jones |
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| Builder |
HR Lochgorm Works |
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| Build date |
1882–1901 |
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| Total produced |
9 |
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| Specifications |
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| Configuration |
4-4-0 |
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| UIC class |
2′B |
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| Gauge |
4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
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| Leading dia. |
3 ft 3 1⁄2 in (1.003 m) |
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| Driver dia. |
5 ft 3 in (1.600 m) |
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| Loco weight |
43 long tons 0 cwt (96,300 lb or 43.7 t) |
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| Boiler |
4 ft 2 in (1.27 m) diameter |
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| Boiler pressure |
150 lbf/in2 (1.03 MPa) |
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| Heating surface |
1,216 sq ft (113.0 m2) |
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| Cylinders |
Two, outside |
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| Cylinder size |
18 in × 24 in (457 mm × 610 mm) |
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| Career |
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| Operators |
HR → LMS |
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| Class |
HR: ‘Skye Bogie’; L (from 1901) |
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| Power class |
LMS: 1P |
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| Number in class |
1 January 1923: 8 |
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| Nicknames |
Skye Bogies |
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| Withdrawn |
1922–1930 |
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| Disposition |
All scrapped |
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The Highland Railway L class, also known as ‘Skye Bogies’ due to their association with the Kyle of Lochalsh Line. They were essentially mixed traffic versions of the earlier Duke or F class.
Construction
Nine were built at Lochgorm Works over the period 1882 to 1901. They were never named.
Dimensions
The 18-by-24-inch (457 mm × 610 mm) cylinders, valve gear and motion were common to the two classes, but they had smaller 5-foot-3-inch (1,600 mm) driving wheels and higher pressure 150-pound-force-per-square-inch (1,030 kPa) boilers.
Numbering
Table of locomotives
HR
Number | Date New | LMS Number | Withdrawn | Notes |
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| 70 | 000000001882-05-01-0000May 1882 | 14277 | 1930 | Swapped numbers with 67 c.1916 |
| 85 | 000000001892-08-01-0000August 1892 | — | 1923 | Renumbered 85A in 1919 |
| 86 | 000000001893-03-01-0000March 1893 | 14279 | 1927 | |
| 87 | 000000001893-12-01-0000December 1893 | 14280 | 1926 | Withdrawn before renumbered by the LMS |
| 88 | 000000001895-04-01-0000April 1895 | 14281 | 1926 | Withdrawn before renumbered by the LMS |
| 5 | 000000001897-08-01-0000August 1897 | 14282 | 1929 | Renumbered 32 in 1899 |
| 6 | 000000001897-11-01-0000November 1897 | 14283 | 1929 | Renumbered 33 in 1899 |
| 7 | 000000001898-07-01-0000July 1898 | 14284 | 1930 | Renumbered 34 in 1899 |
| 48 | 000000001901-12-01-0000December 1901 | 14285 | 1928 | |
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References
- Baxter, Bertram (1984). Baxter, David, ed. British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 4: Scottish and remaining English Companies in the LMS Group. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. p. 193.
- Casserley, H. C. & Johnston, Stuart W. (1974) [1966]. Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan. p. 137. ISBN 0-7110-0554-0.
- Vallance, H. A. (1938). The Highland Railway.