the 0-8-0s, they were actually longer than the L boiler. The L boiler was unique to the Class 32, although they were made on the same flanging plates as Hughes' Dreadnought class. This unique boiler would eventually lead to the class' early withdrawal, when the boilers were due for replacement at twenty years old. Superheating was an innovation at this time and not yet firmly established, mostly owing to difficulties in providing adequate cylinder lubrication. Hughes was an advocate of superheating and used it when rebuilding the 7 ft 3 in Class 4 express 4-4-0s, fitting Schmidt superheaters and piston valves, along with Walschaerts valve gear. Despite this, he recognised that an intermittently worked shunting engine such as the 0-8-2Ts would not allow the superheater elements to reach their optimum working temperature, and so retained a simpler saturated boiler. Other detail fittings included vacuum brakes and oval buffers, to avoid locking of buffer heads when working around tight curves with the engine's long overhang at each end. Service Lancashire & Yorkshire All five engines were ordered from Horwich Works in one batch as Lot 59 on 28 November 1907. They were delivered between March and April 1908. They carried the full 'passenger' livery of the L&YR, in black with single red and double white lining. The original intention had been to employ these engines in the hump shunting yards at Aintree. However, problems with the spring hangers fouling the electric third rail system on the lines from Liverpool to Ormskirk between the engine shed and the sidings led to their withdrawal from this service. Nos. 1501 and 1502 were then allocated to Accrington for working the 1 in 38 Baxenden bank. 1505 was first allocated to Agecroft for the Manchester Ship Canal sidings at New Barnes junction. Nos. 1503 and 1504 were later allocated here, upon which 1505 joined the other engines at Accrington, as a spare. The class were nicknamed either 'Egberts' or 'Little Egberts'''. This has been described as being after a troupe of circus elephants, although there is no obvious record of such a troupe. Another explanation could be The Egbert Brothers'', a music hall double act of this time, known for their routine 'The Happy Dustmen'. LMS Despite the urgency for their building, there appears to have been little need for the class in service, especially in their later years. Soon after the Grouping in 1923,