LMS Hughes 'Crab' 2-6-0

 Built 1926-32, Designed by George Hughes. Total Number Built - 245.
Introduced May 1926. Hughes design, built under Fowler's direction with parallel boiler. 5F/4F "Crab"

Number Series 42700-42944.
245 locomotives built as numbers 13000-13244 and renumbered as 42700-42944 in 1934-36.

Built at London Midland & Scottish Railway's Horwich & Crewe Works.

13000-13006 (42700-42706) Lot No. 20 1925 Horwich
13030-13035 (42730-42735) Lot No. 21 1925 Crewe
13007-13029 (42707-42729) Lot No. 20 1925 Horwich
13036-13099 (42736-42799) Lot No. 21 1925 Crewe
13100-13109 (42800-42809) Lot No. 54 1928 Crewe
13110-13129 (42810-42829) Lot No. 63 1929 Horwich
13130-13149 (42830-42849) Lot No. 68 1930 Horwich
13150-13224 (42850-42924) Lot No. 69 1930 Crewe
13225-13234 (42925-42934) Lot No. 80 1931 Crewe
13235-13244 (42935-42944) Lot No. 86 1932 Crewe

42818/22/24/25/29 rebuilt experimentally in 1931 with Lentz rotary cam poppet valves. Valve gear replaced by Reidinger rotary poppet valve gear in 1953.

The first withdrawals were made in July 1961 with 42864, 42893 and 42930 being condemmed. The last locos withdrawn were 42727 and 42942 in January 1967. Some are preserved.

Unless stated otherwise, Photographs in this section are © copyright of Milburn Associates.

[Crab 42835] [JPEG Image of 42835 size 38K]

Hughes Crab 2-6-0 42835 in British Railways Black Freight Livery at Carlisle Canal Depot (12C).

Motive Power Details - Hughes Class 5P/4F Crab 2-6-0

Data taken from the PC TOPS Steam Locomotive Database System by Milburn Associates 


Class  Region  Wheels       Class Name            Designer
CRAB    LMS    2-6-0        Crab                  Hughes

Weight:
Loco  66 tons  0 cwt            Driving Wheel: 5' 6"
                                Boil Press: 180lb/sq in Su
Cylinders:                      Valve Gear: Walschaerts (piston valves)
                                Lentz, then Reidinger (poppet valves)(a)
Two 21" x 26" (outside)         TE: 26,580 lb
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Last revised: 10 December 1998