The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Prince of Wales Tank Class was a pacific tank engine version of the Prince of Wales Class 4-6-0 steam locomotive.
Bowen-Cooke's predecessor Whale had built 50 related Precursor Tank Class 4-4-2 engines. In terms of familial relationships, Prince of Wales Tank was both a superheated and extended version of the Precursor Tank, and a version of the Prince of Wales Class 4-6-0 steam locomotive with side tanks and a bunker which necessitated an extension to the frames and trailing pony truck. They were mostly used on suburban services out of Euston station.
The LNWR built 47 of the superheated tanks between 1910 and 1916 under Charles Bowen-Cooke.
All passed onto LMS ownership on the 1923 grouping. The LMS gave them the power classification 4P. Withdrawals started in 1935, their replacements being Class 4 2-6-4T designs by Fowler and Stanier. All were gone by 1941.
None was preserved.
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