214 Lima OO Ex LMS 2 6 0 Crab in BR Black

LIMA 00 BR BR ex (LMS) 2-6-0 "CRAB" LOCO & TENDER Boxed 205120

In a good box (some damage to corner at one end) this loco has seen litle or no use and can be described as near mint to mint. The tender drive operates strongly and appreciated a light lube. The loco itself like its sister LMS Livery loco on this site needs some TLC as the extended storage has stiffened her connecting rod action and she will need attention before layout work. Otherwise a nice loco that will grace any layout.

Designed by George Hughes, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the LMS, and built at the ex-L&YR works at Horwich and the ex-LNWR works at Crewe, they were put into service by his successor, Henry Fowler. The design incorporated a number of advanced features for the time such as long travel valves, compensated brake gear, a new design of tender and a new boiler, the latter based on the one fitted to Hughes' four-cylinder Baltic tank locomotives built at Horwich.

Fowler tried to have the design altered to use standard Derby components. However the design process and pre-production were sufficiently advanced to prevent the fitting of a smaller Derby pattern boiler, and the cylinders and motion also remained as designed by Hughes. The tender was replaced by a Derby standard type, which was narrower than the cab. Standard Midland Railway boiler fittings and brake equipment were also substituted, and the class became something of a hybrid design. Nevertheless they performed rather well in most circumstances and gained a strong reputation in some areas, especially in Scotland, where they became the preferred locomotive for heavy unfitted mineral work on difficult routes

Preserved No.13000, was previously numbered 42700 is on display at Shildon Locomotion Museum
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