LNWR Special Tank
      
LNWR Special Tank| 
  
 Crewe Works shunter No. 3323 still carrying its LNWR number in May 1948   | 
| Type and origin | 
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 | Power type | 
Steam | 
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 | Designer | 
John Ramsbottom | 
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 | Builder | 
Crewe Works | 
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 | Serial number | 
1310–1319, 1330–1339, 1434–1463, 1562–1581, 1702–1721, 1822–1841, 1942–1961, 2024–2033, 2094–2113, 2154–2213, 2289–2308, 2339-2358 | 
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 | Build date | 
1870–1880 | 
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 | Total produced | 
260 | 
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| Specifications | 
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 | Configuration | 
0-6-0ST | 
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 | UIC class | 
C n2t | 
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 | Gauge | 
4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | 
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 | Driver dia. | 
4 ft 3 in (1.295 m) + 2 1⁄2 inches (64 mm) | 
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 | Wheelbase | 
15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) | 
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 | Loco weight | 
34 long tons (35 t) | 
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 | Fuel capacity | 
1.5 long tons (1.5 t) | 
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 | Water cap | 
600 imperial gallons (2,700 l; 720 US gal) | 
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 Firebox:  • Firegrate area | 
15 sq ft (1.4 m2) | 
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 | Boiler pressure | 
150 lbf/in2 (1.03 MPa) | 
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 | Heating surface | 
1,068.8 sq ft (99.29 m2) | 
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 | Cylinders | 
Two, inside | 
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 | Cylinder size | 
17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm) | 
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| Career | 
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 | Operators | 
 | 
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 | Disposition | 
All scrapped | 
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The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Special Tank was a class of 0-6-0ST steam locomotives. They were a saddle tank version of the LNWR DX Goods class. A total of 278 locomotives were built from 1870 onwards, of which five survived to be inherited by British Railways in 1948. These five were in departmental stock: four – numbered 3 (né 317), 6, 7 (2329) and 8 Earlstown (2359) – as Carriage Department shunters at Wolverton Works; and No. 3323 (né 2322 of May 1878), a shunter at Crewe Works.
 References 
- Baxter, Bertram (1978).  Baxter, David, ed. British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 2A: London and North Western Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. pp. 158–177. ISBN 0-903485-51-6. 
 
- Casserley, H. C. & Johnston, Stuart W. (1974) [1966]. Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0554-0. 
 
-  Longworth, Hugh. British Railway (sic) Steam Locomotives 1948-1968. 
 
-  "Goods Engines of LNWR: Special Tank". London and North Western Railway Society. 6 September 2003.