Highland Railway Clan Goods Class

Highland Railway ‘Clan Goods’

‘Clan Goods’ on an Aberdeen to Inverness express in 1948

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Christopher Cumming
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Serial number	3286–3289, 3371–3374
Build date	1918–1919
Total produced	8

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	4-6-0
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Leading dia.	3 ft 0 in (0.914 m)
Driver dia.	5 ft 3 in (1.600 m)
Loco weight	56 long tons 9 cwt (126,400 lb or 57.4 t) (126,400 pounds or 57.3 tonnes or 63.2 short tons)
Water cap.	3,000 imp gal (14,000 L; 3,600 US gal)
Boiler	4 ft 7+3⁄16 in (1.402 m) diameter, with 1+1⁄8 in (29 mm) taper
Boiler pressure	175 lbf/in (1.21 MPa)
Heating surface	1,199 sq ft (111.4 m)
Superheater:
• Type	Robinson
• Heating area	241 sq ft (22.4 m)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	20+1⁄2 in × 26 in (521 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts

Performance figures
Tractive effort	25,800 lbf (114.8 kN)

Career
Operators	HR → LMS → BR
Power class	LMS: 5F
Numbers	HR: 75–82 LMS: 17950–17957 BR: 57950–51/54–56
Withdrawn	1946–1952
Disposition	All scrapped

The Highland Railway's Clan Goods class was a class of steam locomotive. They were designed by Christopher Cumming. The first four (Nos 75 to 78) were built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company on Tyneside, and the maker's plates bore the date 1917, but because of wartime delays were not delivered until 1918. Four more (Nos. 79 to 82) were built in 1919, also by Hawthorn Leslie.

Dimensions

They featured two Robinson type 20+1⁄2 by 26 in (521 by 660 mm) cylinders outside (with long tail-rods), 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) driving wheel and a boiler set at 175 lbf/in (1.21 MPa). Locomotive weight was 56 long tons 9 cwt (126,400 lb or 57.4 t).

Transfer to LMS

All eight entered service with the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in January 1923. They were classified '5F' by the LMS.

Transfer to BR

Six locomotives survived to enter British Railways (BR) service in 1948, of which five were given BR numbers.

Numbering

Table of locomotives
HR No.	Built	LMS No.	BR No.	Withdrawn	Notes
75	1918	17950	57950	August 1950
76	1918	17951	57951	May 1951
77	1918	17952	—	October 1946
78	1918	17953	57953	October 1948	Withdrawn before BR number applied
79	1918	17954	57954	October 1952
80	1919	17955	57955	June 1952
81	1919	17956	57956	May 1952
82	1919	17957	—	March 1946

References

Cormack & Stevenson 1990, pp. 117, 128.
Cormack & Stevenson 1990, pp. 119, 128.
Cormack & Stevenson 1990, p. 120.
Baxter 1984, p. 202.

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. 202.
Casserley, H. C. & Johnston, Stuart W. (1974) . Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan. p. 184. ISBN 0-7110-0554-0.
Cormack, J.R.H.; Stevenson, J.L. (1990). Greenwood, William (ed.). Highland Railway Locomotives Book 2: The Drummond, Smith & Cumming Classes. Locomotives of the LMS. Lincoln: RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-72-X.

v t e Highland Railway locomotives
W. Barclay (1855–1865)	Barclay classes
W. Stroudley (1865–1869)	0-6-0ST
D. Jones (1870–1896)	F (Duke) H (2-4-0) O (2-4-0T) L ('Skye Bogies') E (Bruce) S (Strathpeffer) D (Strath) P (‘Yankee Tank’) I (‘Jones Goods’) B (Loch)
P. Drummond (1896–1912)	C (Ben) K ('Barneys') A (Castle) V (0-6-0T) W (0-4-4T) U (New Ben) X (0-6-4T)
F. G. Smith (1912–1915)	River
C. Cumming (1915–1922)	4-4-0 Clan Clan Goods
Miscellaneous	Dunrobin (I) Dunrobin (II) Ex-Findhorn Railway 0-4-0ST
Locomotives of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Steam locomotives of British Railways

This article relating to steam locomotives operated in Scotland is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: