LMS Stanier Class 2 0-4-4T

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LMS Stanier 0-4-4T
Watford Junction railway station geograph-2221415.jpg
Push-pull fitted 41909 at Watford Junction in October 1948
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer William Stanier
BuilderLMS Derby Works
Build date1932–1933
Total produced10
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 0-4-4T
   UIC B2′ n2t
Gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.5 ft 7 in (1.702 m)
Trailing dia. 3 ft 3+12 in (1.003 m)
Length35 ft 3 in (10.74 m)
Loco weight58.05 long tons (58.98 t; 65.02 short tons)
Fuel type Coal
Fuel capacity3 long tons (3.05 t; 3.36 short tons)
Water cap.1,350 imp gal (6,100 l; 1,620 US gal)
Firebox:
  Firegrate area
17+12 sq ft (1.63 m2)
BoilerLMS type G6
Boiler pressure160 lbf/in2 (1.1 MPa)
Heating surface:
  Tubes
902 sq ft (83.8 m2)
  Firebox104 sq ft (9.7 m2)
SuperheaterNone
Cylinders Two, inside
Cylinder size 18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear Stephenson
Valve type Slide valves
Performance figures
Tractive effort 17,100 lbf (76.06 kN)
Career
Operators
Power class2P
Numbers
  • LMS: 6400–6409
  • LMS: 1900–1909 from 1946
  • BR: 41900–41909
Withdrawn1959 (9), 1962 (1)
DispositionAll scrapped

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Stanier Class 2 0-4-4T was a class of 10 light passenger locomotives built in 1932. Ostensibly designed under new Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) William Stanier, they were in fact the last new design of the Midland Railway's school of engineering.

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Overview

The Midland Railway had a large number of 1P 0-4-4T and this was a larger version of the larger wheeled design, classified 2P. The ten built were numbered 6400–6409 by the LMS and renumbered 1900–1909 shortly before nationalisation, freeing the numbers for new LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0s. British Railways adding 40000 to their numbers making them 41900–41909. Although the last new Midland-style design, as subsequent Stanier engines incorporated much Great Western Railway practice, they were not the last MR-designed locomotives built with some 4Fs appearing as late as 1940.

The class was originally built with stovepipe chimneys, apparently due to an oversight by Stanier due to the design for future LMS locomotive chimneys not being finalised. All were later fitted with Stanier chimneys.

Two of the locomotives were fitted with vacuum control gear in 1934 for working the motor trains on the St Alban's branch, and allocated to Watford Junction shed. [1] The remainder were fitted in the BR period and used at a number of different sheds including Warwick and Longsight. [2] (Motor trains was the terminology used by the LMS although they later became popularly referred to as push-pull trains. The suitably modified stock was marked as pull-push).

Details

LMS 1932/3 No.LMS 1946 No.BR No.Date builtDate motor gear fittedWithdrawn
6400190041900December 1932September 1950March 1962
6401190141901December 1932February 1951November 1959
6402190241902December 1932September 1950November 1959
6403190341903December 1932September 1950November 1959
6404190441904December 1932September 1950November 1959
6405190541905November 1932January 1951November 1959
6406190641906December 1932March 1957November 1959
6407190741907December 1932March 1951November 1959
6408190841908December 1932July 1934November 1959
6409190941909January 1933March 1934November 1959

Withdrawal

All were withdrawn in November 1959 except 41900, which was withdrawn in March 1962. None were preserved.

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References

Notes
  1. LMS Journal No.27, article by Keith Miles
  2. BR(M) Loco Allocations 1950-68, Xpress Publishing