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    Railway (LNWR) "Precursor" Class was a type of 4-4-0 ("American") steam locomotive designed by the company's Chief Mechanical Engineer, George Whale. Introduced...
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  • (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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    Western Railway (LNWR) "Precursor Tank" Class was a type of 4-4-2 tank steam locomotive. Fifty were built to the design of George Whale between May 1906...
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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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    (LNWR) Experiment Class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed by George Whale. They were an extended version of the Whale's Precursor Class 4-4-0...
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    of the LNWR Whale Precursor Class. At the same time as the first ten were built, similar non-superheated but otherwise identical Queen Mary Class engines...
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  • several subsequent LNWR locomotive classes. Whale introduced four new classes of locomotive; a fifth design was ordered by Whale but not delivered until...
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  • series. They had four ex-LNWR Special Tanks, Numbers 3, 6, 7 and 8. For completeness, Irish locomotives will be given here. Class WT locomotives were built...
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    June 1932 at 7:23 pm, an express train, hauled by LNWR Whale Precursor Class 4-4-0 No. 5278 Precursor, derailed at the south end of the station. Four passengers...
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    steam locomotive. Bowen-Cooke's predecessor George Whale had built 50 related Precursor Tank Class 4-4-2 engines. In terms of familial relationships,...
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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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  • time, the Great Western Railway (GWR) and London and North Western Railway (LNWR), but an additional advantage was that both organisations sent their most...
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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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  • London and North Western Railway. The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Locomotive Department was headquartered at Crewe from 1862. The Crewe Works...
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    Class 1928 1938 1948 LNWR DX Goods class 2 - - LNWR Whale Experiment Class 4 - - LNWR Whale Precursor Class 4 - - LNWR George the Fifth Class 1 - - LNWR...
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    class and the compounds, the Whale Experiment and Precursor classes, and the Bowen-Cooke Claughtons. In particular, Whale's 1912 superheated G1 Class...
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