0-8-0 Class 31 LYR Profile and Models
12782 at Bank Hall Locomotive Depot, Liverpool in June 1948. ©Ben Brooksbank
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The L&YR Class 31 was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The class was designed by George Hughes and introduced in 1912. The class comprised 115 new locomotives and 40 rebuilt from other classes. The locomotives passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923. The LMS numbered them 12840-12994 and gave them the power classification 7F. In 1948, British Railways (BR) inherited 17 locomotives and numbered them in the range 52841–52971.No examples of this class were preserved. |
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Type of Locomotive |
Steam |
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Builder |
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway |
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Build Date |
1912 to 1920 |
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Total Built |
155 |
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Tractive Effort |
34,055 lbf |
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Wheel Configuration |
0-8-0 |
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Operated By |
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway London, Midland & Scottish Railway British Railways |
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Main Duties |
Freight |
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In Service Until |
Early 1950s |
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Surviving Examples |
0 |