List of LMS locomotives as of 31 December 1947

Last updated May 30, 2024

The following is a list of locomotives of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway as of 31 December 1947. This date is significant because nationalisation of the Big Four occurred the next day, 1 January 1948. Thus this is the list of locomotives as inherited by British Railways. At this time there were approximately 8,000 steam locomotives, 50 diesel locomotives and a handful of others.

Overview

In addition to its own builds, the LMS still owned locomotives inherited from various constituent companies: the Caledonian Railway (CR), Furness Railway (FR), Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR), Highland Railway (HR), London and North Western Railway (LNWR), London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LT&SR), Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR), Midland Railway (MR), and North London Railway (NLR).

The most numerous class at this point was, if Midland and LMS classes are combined, the 4F (192 MR, 5 S&DJR, 575 LMS), and the second (or without combination) the "Black Five" with 742 locomotives, there were also 623 8Fs, including 67 LNER Class O6 on hire.

The LMS numbered self-propelled vehicles (diesel railcars, EMUs) into the coaching stock series, with the exception of the L&YR Railmotors.

BR allocated numbers in March 1948 (in the meantime there were a few withdrawals and new construction). Most ex-LMS engines had 40000 added to their numbers, but those with numbers over 20000 were renumbered in the 58xxx series to avoid the 6xxxx series used for ex-LNER locomotives. The ex-MR 2F 0-6-0s that had not been rebuilt as 3Fs were also renumbered into that series, as were the Midland 1P 0-4-4T. It then took a few years to renumber all the locomotives.

In terms of locomotive taxonomy, the LMS had a tendency to lump classes together (e.g. Sentinels, diesel shunters, ex-Midland 0-4-4Ts), but for clarity these have been split into subclasses where appropriate.

NB: This list is currently under construction. The power classification given is the LMS power classification. BR adopted the same system system-wide, but adapted it slightly.

Also, NCC engines and some departmental stock is missing.

British locomotives

Main series

Numbers	Class	No. in class	Wheel arr.	Power class.	Notes	Picture
1–70	Fowler 2-6-2T	70	2-6-2T	3P
71–147, 149–162, 164–167, 204–209	Stanier 2-6-2T	135	2-6-2T	3P	2 rebuilt in 1956
148/63/68, 203	Rebuilt Stanier 2-6-2T	4	2-6-2T	3P
322–326	ex-SDJR Class 2P	5	4-4-0	2P
383/85/89	ex-MR 6'6" sat class 2P	3	4-4-0	2P
563–90, 592–638, 670–700	Fowler Class 2P	136	4-4-0	2P
711 etc	ex-MR Class 3P	22	4-4-0	3P
900–939, 1045–1099	Fowler Class 4P	195	4-4-0	4P	Compound locomotive
1000–1044	ex-MR 1000 Class	45	4-4-0	4P	5 built by LMS
1200–1209	Ivatt 2-6-2T	10	2-6-2T	2P	Another 120 under construction
1239/46–47/49/51–52/55/60–61	ex-MR 1252 Class	9	0-4-4T	1P	Allocated numbers 58030–58038 by BR, but only 58033/36/38 applied
1272–73/75/78/90/95/98, 1303/15/22/24/30	ex-MR 1532 Class	14	0-4-4T	1P	Allocated numbers 58039–58051 by BR, but only 58040-43/45-7 applied
1337/40/–42/44/48/50	ex-MR 1823 Class	7	0-4-4T	1P	Allocated numbers 58052–58058 by BR
1353/57–58/60/65–68/70–71/73/75/77/79	ex-MR 1833 Class	6	0-4-4T	1P	Allocated numbers 58059–58072 by BR
1382/89–90/96–97, 1402/06/11/13/16/20–26/29–30	ex-MR 2228 Class	29	0-4-4T	1P	Allocated numbers 58073–58091 by BR
1509	ex-MR 1322 Class	1	0-4-0ST	0F	In departmental stock
1516/18/23	ex-MR 1116A Class	3	0-4-0ST	0F	1506 (41509) in departmental stock
1528–1537	ex-MR 1528 Class	10	0-4-0T	0F		At Gloucester Docks
1550	ex-MR Battery Locomotive	1	4w	?	Miscellaneous locomotive not in capital stock
1660–1895 (with gaps)	ex-MR 1377 Class	95	0-6-0T	1F	18 were not applied BR numbers	1759, in May 1947
1900–1909	Stanier 0-4-4T	10	0-4-4T	2P
1980–1993	ex-LT&SR 69 Class	14	0-6-2T	3F
2092–2104/06–09	ex-LT&SR 51 Class	17	4-4-2T	2P
2110–2160	ex-LT&SR 79 Class	39	4-4-2T	3P	35 built by LMS; allocated Nos 1928-75 in 1947 but not yet applied
2187–2299	Fairburn 2-6-4T	130	2-6-4T	4P	Another 147 under construction
2300–2424	Fowler 2-6-4T	125	2-6-4T	4P
2425–94, 2537–2672	Stanier 2-6-4T (2 cylinders)	206	2-6-4T	4P
2500–2536	Stanier 2-6-4T (3 cylinders)	37	2-6-4T	4P
2700–2944	Hughes 2-6-0 'Crab'	245	2-6-0	4P5F
2945–2984	Stanier 2-6-0	40	2-6-0	4P5F		(4)2968 as preserved today
3000–3003	Ivatt Class 4	4	2-6-0	4F	Another 159 under construction	(4)3001 in 1948
3021-3130	ex-MR 5'3" class 2F	43	0-6-0	2F
3131-3136	ex-MR 4'11" class 2F	11	0-6-0	2F
3137-3193	ex-MR 4'11" class 3F		0-6-0	3F
3194 etc	ex-SDJR 5'3" class 3F	9	0-6-0	3F
3190 etc	ex-MR 5'3" class 2F	66	0-6-0	2F
3191 etc	ex-MR 5'3" class 3F		0-6-0	3F
3323	ex-LNWR Special Tank		0-6-0ST	?	In departmental stock. See also Wolverton engines below
3835–4026	ex-MR 3835 Class	192	0-6-0	4F
4027–4556/62–4605	Fowler Class 4F	575	0-6-0	4F	Ordered by MR
4557–4561	ex-S&DJR Class 4F	5	0-6-0	4F
4758–5499	Stanier Class 5 4-6-0	742	4-6-0	5P5F	Another 100 under construction
5500…5551	Patriot Class	44	4-6-0	5XP
5514/21/26/29–31/40	Rebuilt Patriot Class	8	4-6-0	6P	Another 11 rebuilt
5552–5734/37–42	Jubilee Class	189	4-6-0	5XP		5690 'Leander'
5735/36	Rebuilt Jubilee Class	2	4-6-0	6P
6004	ex-LNWR Rebuilt Claughton Class	1	4-6-0	5XP	Allocated number 46004 by BR, but never applied	Locomotive No. 2222
6100…6167	Royal Scot Class	27	4-6-0	6P	Rebuild after Nationalisation
6101…6169	Rebuilt Royal Scot Class	43	4-6-0	6P		6127 'The Old Contemptibles', as rebuilt in 1944
6170	British Legion	1	4-6-0	6P	Usually included with the other rebuilt Royal Scots
6200/01, 6203–12	Princess Royal Class	12	4-6-2	7P		6210 'Princess Patricia'
6202	Turbomotive	1	4-6-2	7P	Rebuilt as a Class 8P in 1952
6220–6256	Coronation Class	37	4-6-2	7P	Subdivided into 5 'Coronation', 10 'Duchess' and 22 'City' of which 3 remained streamlined. Another one under construction
6400–19	Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0	20	2-6-0	2F	Another 108 under construction
6428	ex-LNWR Chopper Tank	1	2-4-0T	1P	Renumbered 26428, then 58092 by BR
6601…6757	ex-LNWR 5ft 6in Tank	43	2-4-2T	1P
6762	ex-L&YR Class 5	1	2-4-2T	2P	An ex-Wirral Railway L&YR-built locomotive. As the Wirral Railway stock was numbered in the LMS's ex-LNWR block at the Grouping, 6762 carried a number out of sequence from the other Class 5s, its "original" number of 10638 being allocated, but never used.^[1]
6876 etc	ex-LNWR 5 ft Class 2P	15	0-6-2T	2P
7000–04	Kitson Class 0F	5	0-4-0ST	0F	Another 5 built by BR in 1953–54
7058	diesel shunter 7058	1	0-6-0DE	300 hp	Allocated number 13000 by BR, but never applied.
7074/76/79–99	diesel shunter	23	0-6-0DE	350 hp	Became British Rail Class D3/6.
7110–19	diesel shunter	10	0-6-0DE	350 hp	Became British Rail Class D3/7.
7120–29	diesel shunter	10	0-6-0DE	350 hp	Became British Rail Class D3/8 (later Class 11); another 110 under construction.
7160–69	Fowler Dock Tank	10	0-6-0T	2F
7180–83	Sentinels 7180-3	4	0-4-0T	0F
7184	Sentinel 7184	1	0-4-0T	0F
7190/1	ex-S&DJR Sentinels	2	0-4-0T	0F	Both built by LMS
7200–7259	ex-MR 2441 Class	60	0-6-0T	3F
7260 etc	Fowler 3F (Jinty)	417	0-6-0T	3F	Ordered by MR; another 5 returned from War Department in 1948.
7862/5	ex-LNWR Dock Tank	2	0-4-2ST	1F		7862 at Crewe Works in 1948
7875-etc	ex-LNWR 1185 Class	9	0-8-2T	6F		7892 awaiting scrapping in 1948
7930-	ex-LNWR 380 Class	14	0-8-4T	7F		7941 at Swansea Paxton Street
7967–99	Garratt	33	2-6-0+0-6-2	N/A		4977
8000 etc	Stanier Class 8F	556	2-8-0	8F		8624 at the Great Central Railway in 2012
8705–58/60–72	LNER Class O6	67	2-8-0	8F	On loan from LNER.
8801/24/34	ex-LNWR 19in Express Goods Class	3	4-6-0	4F	Allocated numbers 48801/24/34 by BR, but never applied.
8892	ex-LNWR Class G1	123	0-8-0	6F
8893	ex-LNWR Class G2A	319	0-8-0	7F
9395–9454	ex-LNWR Class G2	60	0-8-0	7F
9500	LMS Fowler Class 7F	175	0-8-0	7F		(4)9592 at Aintree in 1948
10000	Ivatt Co-Co Diesel Electric	1	Co-Co	1600 hp	Became British Rail Class D16/1; another one under construction
10412	ex-L&YR Class 8	7	4-6-0	5P
10617	ex-L&YR Hughes Railmotor	1	N/A	N/A	Railmotor; BR Number never applied	Kerr Stuart railmotor for the Taff Vale Railway
10621-	ex-L&YR Class 5	109	2-4-2T	2P
10835-	ex-L&YR Class 6	14	2-4-2T	3P
11202-	ex-L&YR Class 21	23	0-4-0ST	0F		11246 at Bank Hall in 1948
11304/5/24/68/94	ex-L&YR Class 23	5	0-6-0ST	2F	In departmental stock
11307 etc	ex-L&YR Class 23	96	0-6-0ST	2F		11429 in 1947
11535 etc	ex-L&YR Class 24	5	0-6-0T	1F		11535 at Bank Hall in 1948
12016 etc	ex-L&YR Class 25	25	0-6-0	2F		957 preserved today
12088 etc	ex-L&YR Class 27	245	0-6-0	3F
12494 etc	ex-FR Class 3F	6	0-6-0	3F
12528 etc	ex-L&YR Class 28	37	0-6-0	3F	63 rebuilt from Class 27
12727 etc	ex-L&YR Class 30	12	0-8-0	6F
12841 etc	ex-L&YR Class 31	17	0-8-0	7F
13800-10	ex-S&DJR Class 7F	11	2-8-0	7F	5 built by LMS	88, preserved today
14630 etc	ex-CR 60 Class	23	4-6-0	4P		14640 at Motherwell in 1948
14764/7	ex-HR Clan Class	7	4-6-0	4P	Reclassified as '5F' by LMS
15051/3	ex-HR Class 0P	2	0-4-4T	0P
15116 etc	ex-CR Class 2P	116	0-4-4T	2P	Some built by LMS	55178 at St Rollox Locomotive Depot in August 1948
15350	ex-CR 944 Class	10	4-6-2T	4P
16010 etc	ex-CR 264 Class (Pug Class)	14	0-4-0ST	0F
16151-73	ex-CR 498 Class	21	0-6-0T	2F
16230-376	ex-CR 29 & 782 Classes	147	0-6-0T	3F		16289 at St Rollox in 1948
16905	ex-G&SWR Class 3F	1	0-6-2T	3F	BR Number never applied
17230	ex-CR 294 Class	158	0-6-0	2F		57361 at Polmadie in 1948
17393	ex-CR 711 Class	80	0-6-0	2F		BR 57452 withdrawn in 1961
17550	ex-CR 812 Class	76	0-6-0	3F		828 (LMS:17566) preserved today
17629	ex-CR 652 Class	17	0-6-0	3F
17650	ex-CR 300 Class	29	0-6-0	3F
17693	ex-HR Class 3F	7	0-6-0	3F
17950/1/3-6	ex-HR Clan Goods Class	6	4-6-0	4F
20155/85, 20216	ex-MR Johnson Class 1P	3	2-4-0	1P	Allocated numbers 58020–58022 by BR, but never applied.	20126 at Cheltenham Spa, 1949
22290	ex-MR Lickey Banker	1	0-10-0	N/A	No power classification allocated. Renumbered 58100 by BR
22900 etc.	ex-MR 4'11" Class 2F	75	0-6-0	2F	Allocated numbers 58114–58187 by BR
22630, 22846/53/63	ex-MR 700 Class	4	0-6-0	2F	Allocated numbers 58110–58113 by BR	22846 at Bournville in 1947
25297	ex-LNWR Whale Precursor Class	1	4-4-0	4P	Allocated number 58010 by BR, but never applied.
25321/50/73	ex-LNWR George the Fifth Class	3	4-4-0	4P	25350/73 allocated 58011/12 by BR, but never applied
25648/73/752/87	ex-LNWR Prince of Wales Class	4	4-6-0	4P	Allocated numbers 58000–3 by BR, but never applied
27217	ex-NLR Crane Tank	1	0-4-2ST	0F	Allocated 58865 by BR
27480	ex-LNWR 2F	1	0-6-0T	2F	Allocated 58870 by BR, but never applied
27505	ex-NLR Class 75	15	0-6-0T	2F	Allocated 58850-58863 by BR
27553...27830	ex-LNWR 17in Coal Tank	64	0-6-2T	2F	Allocated 58880–58937 by BR	As preserved today
28088...	ex-LNWR 17in Coal Engine	35	0-6-0	2F	Allocated 58321–58361 (with gaps) by BR
28313...28622	ex-LNWR 18in Goods	75	0-6-0	2F	"Cauliflower" class; allocated 58362–58430 by BR
73798/9	WD Austerity 2-10-0	2	2-10-0	8F	On loan from War Department	75798

Engineering Department series

ED No. 2

Wolverton Carriage Works series

Wolverton Carriage Works had their own separately numbered series. They had four ex-LNWR Special Tanks, Numbers 3, 6, 7 and 8.

Irish locomotives

For completeness, Irish locomotives will be given here.

NCC broad gauge

Class WT locomotives were built at Derby Works in England to the design of George Ivatt between 1946 and 1950. They were numbered 1–10 and 50–57. They were a tank engine version of the NCC Class W moguls. A tank engine did not require turning at termini and the LMS had produced a series of successful 2-6-4Ts. Like the LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T built at the same time, they had a hopper bunker and absence of plating ahead of the cylinders. They were based on the LMS Fowler 2-6-4T by Sir Henry Fowler.

In December 1962 locomotive No.50 received a boiler from one of the ex-NCC 2-6-0 tender locomotives, the boiler and firebox being overhauled and repaired at Derby. In early 1966 and towards the end of their careers, the Class WT locomotives were involved in working notable traffic. This was on spoil trains that transported fill for motorway construction from the Blue Circle cement works at Magheramorne to Greencastle near Belfast. Three trains of twenty hopper wagons each were made up, with a Class WT locomotive at each end. Each train when filled carried 600 tons of rock and in all, some 7,600 trains had carried 4¼ million tons of material by the time the contract ended in May 1970.

The last of the Class WT locomotives were officially withdrawn in 1971 the last time one was in traffic being 22 October 1970. This made them the last steam locomotives in mainline operation in the British Isles; Córas Iompair Éireann steam in the Republic of Ireland having ended in 1962 and British Railways steam in Great Britain having finished in 1968.

One of these locomotives, No.4, has been preserved by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland which operates it on special mainline trains. The RPSI is also looking at the possibility of building a new member of the class (No.58) to give them a second mainline tank locomotive considering the low availability of turntables on modern day lines. The last locomotives to work in the United Kingdom were two of these tank locomotives. They were nicknamed Jeeps by railway men due to their immense size.^{[ citation needed ]}

Class W mogul 2-6-0 locomotives worked on the main Belfast to Dublin main line. Also work on the Lisburn to Antrim line. This included goods and passenger work as they were mixed traffic locomotives. Earl of Ulster no 97 was seen frequently on goods trains passing through Goraghwood railway station. They may also have worked ballast trains from Goraghwood quarry. No 100 Queen Elizabeth hauled a royal train in 1952. There is deep regret that no examples of the class were preserved, in particular no 97 Earl of Ulster.^{[ citation needed ]}^{[ tone ]}

Class U2 4-4-0 locomotives were based on Midland compounds and had compound equipment fitted and tablet catchers to work on single line sections. One of them is preserved at the Ulster Folk and Transport museum and is called Dunluce Castle.

Two ex-LMS Class 3F 0-6-0T Jintys were re-gauged and sent to work as shunters in Belfast renamed Class Y 0-6-0T. Maximum working boiler pressure was 160 psi(lbs).^{[ citation needed ]}

Also Classes A1, B, B1, C, C1, D, E and E1 were all compounds. This meant they were more efficient as the steam was used twice.^{[ citation needed ]}

DN&GR (broad gauge)

0-6-0STs Nos 1–4, 6.

NCC narrow gauge

County Donegal (narrow gauge)

The County Donegal Railways Joint Committee (CDRJC)

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References

↑ Casserley, H.C.; Asher, L.L. (1961) [1955]. Locomotives of British Railways. Spring Books. pp. 69, 313.

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[Casserley_&_Asher,_Locomotives_of_British_Railways,_46762-1] Casserley, H.C.; Asher, L.L. (1961) [1955]. Locomotives of British Railways. Spring Books. pp. 69, 313.

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