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The Midland Railway 1823 Class was a class of twenty 0-4-4T steam locomotives. They had the power classification 1P.
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The Midland Railway 1823 Class was a class of twenty 0-4-4T steam locomotives. They had the power classification 1P.
They were built in two batches of 10 each at Derby in 1889 and 1892. They were a development of the 1532 Class. The 1833 Class followed, and confusingly is sometimes grouped into this class.
| Original No. | 1907 (& LMS) No. | Manufacturer | Works Nos. | Qty | Year | Notes |
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| 1823–1832 | 1331–1340 | Derby Works | (order No. 763) | 10 | 1889 | |
| 1322–1326, 202, 1428–1430, 1697 | 1341–1350 | Derby Works | (order no. 981) | 10 | 1892 |
Under the Midland Railway 1907 renumbering scheme, they were given the numbers 1331–1350. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway numbers were the same. Seven, numbers 1337/40–42/44/48/50 were inherited by British Railways in 1948. In March 1948 they were allocated the numbers 58052–58058 to create space in the ex-LMS numbering series for Ivatt Class 2 tank locomotives, but only five received their new number. All were withdrawn and scrapped.
| Year | Quantity in service at start of year | Quantity withdrawn | Locomotive numbers | Notes |
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| 1925 | 20 | 1 | 1335 | |
| 1931 | 19 | 7 | 1331–1333, 1336, 1339, 1345, 1349 | |
| 1934 | 12 | 1 | 1347 | |
| 1937 | 11 | 1 | 1343 | |
| 1946 | 10 | 1 | 1334 | |
| 1947 | 9 | 2 | 1338, 1346 | |
| 1948 | 7 | 1 | 1342 | |
| 1949 | 6 | 1 | 1348 | |
| 1951 | 5 | 1 | 58052 | |
| 1952 | 4 | 1 | 58058 | |
| 1953 | 3 | 1 | 58053 | |
| 1955 | 2 | 1 | 58054 | |
| 1959 | 1 | 1 | 58056 |
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