0-6-0 Class 25 LYR/LMS Profile and Models

0-6-0 Class 25 LYR/LMS

957 at Oxenhope in July 2008. ©Helena

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Class 25 is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive. They were introduced to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1876 by new locomotive superintendent William Barton Wright and 280 were built in total. Of these, 230 were later converted to saddle tanks by John Aspinall, to become L&YR Class 23. The locomotives passed briefly to the London and North Western Railway in 1922 and then to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. The LMS gave them the power classification 2F. In 1948, the surviving locomotives (23) passed to British Railways. The last engine, BR 52044 (L&YR 957, LMS 12044) was bought for preservation in 1959 and has been based at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway since 1965. It starred in the film The Railway Children as the Green Dragon.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Build Date

1876 to 1887

Total Built

280

Tractive Effort

17,545 lbf

Wheel Configuration

0-6-0

Operated By

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
London & North Western Railway
London, Midland & Scottish Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Mixed traffic

In Service Until

1958

Surviving Examples

1