L&YR Class 23

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L&YR Class 23
L&YR Class 23
Preserved No. 752 at the Rainhill Trials 150th anniversary calvacade, May 1980.
Power type Steam
Designer Barton Wright
Build date 1877
Configuration 0-6-0
Fuel type coal
Cylinders 4
Class 7P

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) Class 23 is a class of 0-6-0ST steam locomotive.

One, L&YR 752 (LMS 11456) is preserved, having been sold to the NCB and as of 2005 is undergoing an overhaul to bring her back to working order.

It was built as a 0-6-0 tender locomotive to the design of Barton Wright in 1877 and rebuilt as a 0-6-0ST by Aspinall in 1891-1900.