LNWR Class C

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)Driver dia.4 ft 5.5 in (1.359 m)Fuel typeCoalBoiler pressure175 psi (1.21 MPa)Heating surface1,489 sq ft (138.3 m²)Cylinders2 insideCylinder size19.5 by 24 inches (500 mm × 610 mm)

Career
Operators	London and North Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Disposition	5 rebuilt to Class G1 1925–27; 10 scrapped 1927–32

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Class C was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. They were two cylinder simple expansion rebuilds of the three-cylinder Class A designed by F.W. Webb. Fifteen Class As were converted to Class C between 1904 and 1906 by George Whale.

The Class A boilers proved inadequate for the 19½ inch bore cylinders of the Class C so the next 34 Class A conversions were to Class C1 with 18½ inch bore cylinders.^[1]

All passed into LMS ownership in 1923, and the LMS allocated them the numbers 8953-67, though not all were applied before withdrawal.

The LMS rebuilt five of the Class Cs (LMS Nos 8953/4/62/4/6) to Class G1 between 1925 and 1927.

The remaining 10 engines were withdrawn between 1927 and 1932. None were preserved.

• Essery, Bob; Jenkinson, David. An Illustrated Review of LMS Locomotives Vol. 2 Absorbed Pre-Group Classes Western and Central Divisions.
• Talbot, Edward. The London & North Western Railway Eight-Coupled Goods Engines.
• Yeadon, Willie. Yeadon's Compendium of LNWR Locomotives Vol 2 Goods Tender Engines.

John Ramsbottom (North Eastern Division 1846–1857)Francis Trevithick (Northern Division 1846–1857)John Ramsbottom (Northern Division 1857–1862)Edward Bury (Southern Division 1846–1847)James McConnell (Southern Division 1847–1862)John Ramsbottom (1862–1871)Francis William Webb (1871–1903)George Whale (1903–1909)Charles John Bowen Cooke (1909–1920)H. P. M. Beames (1920–1921)George Hughes (1922–1923)