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Dugald Drummond
- Dugald Drummond of the London and South Western Railway built a 4-2-4T F9 class combined locomotive and inspection saloon in 1899.
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The engine was designed by James Pearson, the railway company's engineer, and featured single large flangeless driving wheels between two supporting four-wheeled bogies. The water was carried in both well- and back-tanks, leaving the boilers exposed in the same way as on most tender locomotives. Usage. United Kingdom.
The 4-4-2 T Atlantic was introduced into the United Kingdom in 1880 by William Adams, who designed the LT&SR 1 Class on behalf of Thomas Whitelegg of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LT&SR). This was the first use of this wheel arrangement in the world.
The lineage of the class could therefore be tracked through the LMS/BR Class 4 2-6-4T locomotives back to the Fowler design of 1927. Design work was done at Brighton, the overall programme being overseen by Robert Riddles.
NumberBuilderBuiltWithdrawn80002Nov 1952March 196780064June 1953Sep 196580072Nov 1953July 196580078Feb 1954July 1965The first use of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement for a tender locomotive was under an experimental double-firebox locomotive, built to the design of George Strong at the Hinkley Locomotive Works in 1888. The locomotive was not successful and was scrapped soon afterwards.
The LNER 4-4-2 Atlantic Locomotives. Britain's first Atlantic appeared on the Great Northern Railway (GNR) in 1898 as an enlargement of the ubiquitous 4-4-0 for express work, building 116 examples of various designs.
The Worsdell C8 (NER Class 4CC) 4-4-2 Atlantics. Although credited to Wilson Worsdell, these two locomotives were built to the design of his Chief Draughtsman Walter M. Smith.
T.W.Worsdell introduced the 2-4-2T type to the Great Eastern Railway (GER) in 1884 from his previous employer, the London & North Western Railway (LNWR). These GER Class M15 (LNER F4) locomotives were designed for working branch and suburban passenger services.
