LNWR Webb Precursor Class
# LNWR Webb Precursor Class

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Precursor class was a class of forty 2-4-0 steam locomotives designed by F. W. Webb and built at the railway's Crewe Works between 1874 and 1879.

## History

The Precursor class was the first locomotive class to be designed wholly by F. W. Webb. He had previously ordered further examples of his predecessor's Samson and Newton classes.

The class featured enclosed wheel splashers and cabs from new, but no brakes were initially fitted; some received steam brakes and others vacuum brakes.

They were fitted with 1,500-imperial-gallon (6,800 L; 1,800 US gal) tenders.

## Fleet list

Table of locomotives :

| LNWR No. | Name | Crewe Works No. | Date built | Date scrapped |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2145 | Precursor | 1802 | Apr 1874 | Mar 1894 |
| 2146 | Harbinger | 1803 | Aug 1874 | Jun 1893 |
| 2147 | Champion | 1804 | Aug 1874 | Nov 1895 |
| 2148 | Vizier | 1805 | Aug 1874 | 1893 circa |
| 2149 | Candidate | 1806 | Aug 1874 | Jun 1893 |
| 1143 | Marquis | 1807 | Aug 1874 | 1894 circa |
| 1144 | Druid | 1808 | Aug 1874 | 1892 circa |
| 1145 | Cossack | 1809 | Sep 1874 | 1894 circa |
| 1152 | Arab | 1810 | Sep 1874 | Dec 1892 |
| 1153 | Sirocco | 1811 | Sep 1874 | Aug 1895 |
| 1154 | Colossus | 1812 | Sep 1874 | 1892 circa |
| 1155 | Dragon | 1813 | Sep 1874 | Apr 1894 |
| 402 | Viscount | 1814 | Sep 1874 | Jun 1893 |
| 406 | Senator | 1815 | Sep 1874 | 1892 circa |
| 408 | Simoon | 1816 | Sep 1874 | 1894 circa |
| 409 | Thunderbolt | 1817 | Oct 1874 | Dec 1892 |
| 413 | Python | 1818 | Oct 1874 | Jun 1893 |
| 425 | Oberon | 1819 | Oct 1874 | 1893 |
| 426 | Warrior | 1820 | Oct 1874 | 1895 circa |
| 427 | Fame | 1821 | Oct 1874 | 1894 circa |
| 1147 | John Rennie | 2229 | Oct 1878 | 1894 circa |
| 1148 | Boadicea | 2230 | Oct 1878 | 1894 circa |
| 1149 | Helvellyn | 2231 | Sep 1878 | 1894 circa |
| 1150 | Lang Meg | 2232 | Oct 1878 | 1893 circa |
| 1151 | Lapwing | 2233 | Oct 1878 | May 1895 |
| 1165 | Vulture | 2234 | Nov 1878 | Dec 1892 |
| 1169 | Albatross | 2235 | Oct 1878 | Dec 1892 |
| 1174 | Cerberus | 2236 | Oct 1878 | Jun 1893 |
| 679 | Harrowby | 2237 | Oct 1878 | 1894 circa |
| 847 | Cedric | 2238 | Oct 1878 | 1895 circa |
| 431 | Bessemer | 2249 | Jan 1879 | Dec 1892 |
| 838 | Henry Cort | 2250 | Jan 1879 | Sep 1895 |
| 481 | Etna | 2251 | Jan 1879 | Dec 1892 |
| 626 | Emerald | 2252 | Jan 1879 | 1895 circa |
| 255 | Eglington | 2253 | Jan 1879 | 1895 circa |
| 680 | Giffard | 2254 | Jan 1879 | 1895 circa |
| 338 | Levens | 2255 | Feb 1879 | Dec 1892 |
| 718 | Jason | 2256 | Feb 1879 | Jun 1893 |
| 779 | William Baker | 2257 | Feb 1879 | Jun 1893 |
| 1180 | Pearl | 2258 | Feb 1879 | Feb 1895 |
