LNWR John Hick Class

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) John Hick class was a class of ten 2-2-2-2 steam locomotives designed for express passenger work by F. W. Webb.
== History ==
They were broadly similar to the earlier Greater Britain class, the principal difference being smaller driving wheels, as their intended use was on the more-steeply graded Northern Section.
The first of the ten locomotives was built in February 1894, and the remaining nine came from Crewe Works between January and April 1898.
They were three-cylinder compound locomotives: the two outside high-pressure cylinders drove the trailing drivers via Howe-Stephenson valve gear, the one inside low-pressure cylinder drive the leading drivers via a slip eccentric. There was no connection between the two sets of drivers.
All the locomotives were named; one unusual feature (shared with the Greater Britain class) was that the names were split over two nameplates, one on each driving wheel splasher. This necessitated the use of two-word names, rather than some of the abbreviated names the LNWR had previously used. The names chosen continued the Greater Britain theme.
They continued in service until Webb's retirement. His successor, George Whale, preferred simple superheated locomotives; consequently they were all scrapped between 1907 and 1912.
== List of Locomotives ==
LNWR
No.	Name 	Crewe
Works
No.	Date
built	Date
scrapped	Notes
20 	John Hick 	3505	Feb 1894	Apr 1910	
1505	Richard Arkwright	3858	Jan 1898	May 1912	
1512	Henry Cort 	3859	Feb 1898	Oct 1907	
1534	William Froude 	3860	Feb 1898	Dec 1909	
1535	Henry Maudsley 	3861	Feb 1898	Aug 1910	Name misspelt
1536	Hugh Myddleton 	3862	Mar 1898	Feb 1909	
1548	John Penn 	3863	Mar 1898	Mar 1909	
1549	John Rennie 	3864	Mar 1898	Aug 1909	
1557	Thomas Savery 	3865	Mar 1898	Mar 1909	
1559	William Siemens 	3866	Apr 1898	Oct 1910	
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