Midland Railway 1000 Class

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Midland Railway 1000 Class
Midland Compound 1025 (Boys' Book of Locomotives, 1907).jpg
1025 in photographic grey livery
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer Samuel Waite Johnson: renewed as superheated Deeley compound by Henry Fowler
Builder Derby Works
Build date1902–1909
Total produced45
Rebuild date1913–1928
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 4-4-0
   UIC 2′B h3v
Gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Leading dia. 3 ft 6+12 in (1.080 m)
Driver dia.7 ft 0 in (2.134 m)
Fuel type Coal
Water cap.3,500 imp gal (16,000 L; 4,200 US gal)
Boiler2631–2635 and 1000–1004: G8½
Remainder: G9
All rebuilt with G9AS
Boiler pressure220 psi (1.52 MPa)
Cylinders Three, one inside high-pressure, two outside low-pressure
High-pressure cylinder19 in × 26 in (483 mm × 660 mm)
Low-pressure cylinder21 in × 26 in (533 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear Stephenson
Valve typeHP: piston valve,
LP: slide valves
Performance figures
Tractive effort 21,840 lbf (97.1 kN)
Career
Operators MRLMSBR
Class 1000
Power class4P
Locale London Midland Region
Withdrawn1948–1953
DispositionOne preserved, remainder scrapped

The Midland Railway 1000 Class is a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive designed for passenger work. They were known to reach speeds of up to 85 mph (137 km/h). [1]

Contents

Overview

No 1042 (Deeley-built) with a Bradford to London express, between 1908-1910 Midland Railway express Bradford to London + 4-4-0 1000 Class No 1042, sometime 1908-1910 - black and white.jpg
No 1042 (Deeley-built) with a Bradford to London express, between 1908–1910

These were developed from a series of five locomotives (2631–2635) introduced in 1902 by Samuel Waite Johnson, which had a 3-cylinder compound arrangement on the Smith system, with one high-pressure cylinder inside the frames and two low-pressure cylinders outside, and used Smith's starting arrangement. On the first two locomotives independent control of high-pressure and low-pressure valve gears was available. From 1905 onwards, Johnson's successor Richard Deeley built an enlarged and simplified version, eliminating all the Smith refinements and fitting his own starting arrangement, making the engines simpler to drive. These locomotives were originally numbered 1000–1029, but in the 1907 renumbering scheme the five Smith/Johnson locomotives became 1000–1004 and the Deeley compounds 1005–1034. Ten more of these were added in 1908–1909. The original Johnson locomotives were all subsequently renewed as Deeley compounds, including the now-preserved 1000 which was rebuilt and outshopped with a superheater in 1914.

Numbered 1000–1044 by both the Midland and LMS companies, British Railways renumbered the Midland series of compounds 41000–41044 after nationalisation in 1948.

LMS compound locomotives

After the grouping, the LMS continued to build slightly modified MR Compounds as the LMS Compound 4-4-0.

Accidents and incidents

Preservation

Midland Compound 1000 in the S&D 150 Cavalcade, 1975 Midland Compound 1000.jpg
Midland Compound 1000 in the S&D 150 Cavalcade, 1975

No. 1000 was set aside for preservation after withdrawal in 1951 and restored in 1959 close to its 1914 condition, painted in Midland maroon livery, running enthusiasts' specials until placed in the temporary Clapham Transport museum. Though steamed since preservation, it is currently a static exhibit at the Barrow Hill Engine Shed at Derbyshire, having been lent by the National Railway Museum in York.

Other compound locomotives with the same 3-cylinder layout

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