L&YR 111 class

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Class 111 was a class of 0-4-4T locomotives designed by Kitson and Company for William Barton Wright, who needed a short-distance passenger tank locomotive. Kitson delivered the first twelve between April 1877 and July 1878, and later batches came from other builders: ten from Dubs and Company from September 1878, ten from Neilson and Company from August 1879, and a final batch of 40 from Sharp, Stewart and Company between October 1885 and August 1886, with a working weight of 52 long tons 4 cwt. Early engines worked pilot duties at Manchester Victoria and expresses to Leeds and Hellifield before local services.