LNWR Webb Experiment Class

The London and North Western Railway Experiment Class was a series of 30 three-cylinder 2-(2-2)-0 compound locomotives designed by Francis Webb for the London and North Western Railway between 1882 and 1884. They were Webb’s first large-scale experiment with a class of express compound locomotives, and the first engine was named accordingly. They were followed by a class of similar, but larger locomotives, that featured larger boilers and smaller driving wheels – the LNWR Dreadnought Class.
After Webb's retirement, his successor, George Whale, withdrew the Experiment class locomotives soon after he took up office in 1903.
== Accidents and incidents ==
# On 22 December 1894, a gust of wind blew a wagon into a rake of wagons at Chelford, Cheshire. They were derailed and fouled the main line. Locomotive No. 520 Express was one of two hauling an express passenger train that collided with the wagons and was derailed. 14 people were killed and 48 were injured.
== Locomotives ==
Table of locomotives
LNWR
No.	Name 	Crewe
Works
No.	Date
built 	Date
scrapped
66 	Experiment 	2500	January 1882 	February 1905
300 	Compound 	2625	February 1883	July 1905
301 	Economist 	2626	March 1883 	October 1904
302 	Velocipede 	2627	April 1883 	July 1905
303 	Hydra 	2628	April 1883 	January 1905
305 	Trentham 	2669	July 1883 	June 1904
306 	Knowsley 	2670	July 1883 	July 1905
307 	Victor 	2671	July 1883 	February 1905
520 	Express 	2672	July 1883 	April 1905
519 	Shooting Star 	2673	July 1883 	February 1905
311 	Richard Francis Roberts	2734	January 1884 	July 1905
315 	Alaska 	2735	February 1884	July 1905
321 	Servia 	2736	February 1884	January 1905
323 	Britannic 	2737	February 1884	March 1905
333 	Germanic 	2738	February 1884	November 1904
353 	Oregon 	2739	February 1884	July 1905
363 	Aurania 	2740	February 1884	February 1905
365 	America 	2741	March 1884 	April 1905
366 	City of Chicago 	2742	March 1884 	May 1905
310 	Sarmatian 	2743	March 1884 	November 1904
1102	Cyclops 	2744	May 1884 	October 1904
1120	Apollo 	2745	June 1884 	December 1905
1104	Sunbeam 	2746	June 1884 	January 1905
1113	Hecate 	2747	June 1884 	August 1904
1111	Messenger 	2748	June 1884 	February 1905
1115	Snake 	2749	July 1884 	March 1905
1116	Friar 	2750	July 1884 	August 1905
1117	Penguin 	2751	July 1884 	October 1904
372 	Empress 	2752	July 1884 	June 1905
374 	Emperor 	2753	July 1884 	September 1905
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