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Caledonian Railway 944 Class

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835: 28: 382:(LMS) upon its formation in 1923, and were repainted from Caledonian blue into LMS crimson lake livery, although within a few years this gave way to lined black livery. They were later displaced from the Inverclyde line by 891: 881: 852: 809: 363:
passenger tank engines, the twelve locomotives of the 944 Class were the only large passenger tanks operated by the company. They shared much of their design with the contemporary
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An Illustrated History of L.M.S. Locomotives, Volume Three: Absorbed Pre-Group Classes, Northern Division
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Although the Caledonian Railway built a long and successful series of small
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91 long tons 13 cwt (205,300 lb or 93.1 t)
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19.5 in × 26 in (495 mm × 660 mm)
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Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London Midland and Scottish
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Locomotives of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
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Archived from 410:Numbering and locomotive histories 14: 1316: 178:5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 833: 345:North British Locomotive Company 72:North British Locomotive Company 26: 249:20,804 lbf (92.54 kN) 1275:Caledonian Railway locomotives 793:Caledonian Railway locomotives 756:, Oxford Publishing Co., p.167 720: 1: 679: 194:170 psi (1,172 kPa) 1236:Highland Railway River Class 21:Caledonian Railway 944 Class 7: 354: 10: 1321: 343:and built in 1917, at the 74:, Hyde Park Works, Glasgow 1244: 1228: 1169: 1045: 1006: 989: 925: 871: 842: 831: 799: 310: 302: 294: 284: 266: 261: 257: 243: 238: 234: 218: 208: 198: 190: 182: 171: 140: 126: 117: 112: 108: 94: 86: 78: 67: 57: 49: 44: 40: 25: 20: 752:Longworth, Hugh (2005), 392:nationalisation in 1948 1305:Passenger locomotives 375:' amongst enginemen. 1300:Scrapped locomotives 398:shed, primarily for 1171:William Pickersgill 390:and by the time of 341:William Pickersgill 239:Performance figures 62:William Pickersgill 1280:4-6-2T locomotives 704:, Ian Allan, p.160 327:Caledonian Railway 277: • 273: • 1262: 1261: 674: 673: 322: 321: 318: 317: 253: 252: 230: 229: 104: 103: 1312: 1047:John F. McIntosh 837: 786: 779: 772: 763: 762: 757: 750: 744: 743: 741: 739: 724: 718: 711: 705: 698: 414: 413: 388:Fairburn 2-6-4Ts 337:tank locomotives 259: 258: 236: 235: 166: 162: 160: 159: 155: 152: 110: 109: 97: 42: 41: 33:Works Photograph 30: 18: 17: 1320: 1319: 1315: 1314: 1313: 1311: 1310: 1309: 1285:NBL locomotives 1265: 1264: 1263: 1258: 1240: 1224: 1165: 1041: 1002: 985: 927:Dugald Drummond 921: 873:George Brittain 867: 844:Benjamin Connor 838: 829: 801:Robert Sinclair 795: 790: 760: 751: 747: 737: 735: 734:on 4 April 2013 726: 725: 721: 712: 708: 699: 686: 682: 412: 404:Beattock Summit 369:Inverclyde Line 365:60 Class 4-6-0s 357: 245:Tractive effort 191:Boiler pressure 164: 157: 153: 150: 148: 147:4 ft  146: 119: 95: 45:Type and origin 36: 35:of C.R. 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Works Photograph
William Pickersgill
North British Locomotive Company
Whyte
4-6-2
Gauge
Driver
Cylinders
Cylinder size
Valve gear
Stephenson
Tractive effort
CR
LMS
BR
Class
Caledonian Railway
4-6-2
tank locomotives
William Pickersgill
North British Locomotive Company
Pacific
0-4-4T
60 Class 4-6-0s
Inverclyde Line
Pugs
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
LMS Fowler
Fairburn 2-6-4Ts

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