Midland Railway 3835 Class

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Midland Railway 3835 Class
"Class 4 Goods"
Walton with Leicester - Peterborough East train geograph-2791492-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
No. 43965 at work on the ex-Midland Melton Mowbray - Peterborough line
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer Henry Fowler
Builder
Serial number
  • AW: 416–465 (MR 3937–3986)
  • AW: 468–472 (S&DJR 57–61)
Build date1911, 1917–1922
Total produced197
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 0-6-0
   UIC C h2g
Gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.5 ft 3 in (2 m)
Wheelbase Loco: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m) + 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Loco weight48 long tons 15 cwt (109,200 lb or 49.5 t)
Fuel type Coal
BoilerG7S
Boiler pressure175 lbf/in2 (1.21 MPa) superheated
SuperheaterSchmidt
Cylinders Two, inside
Cylinder size 20 in × 26 in (508 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear Stephenson
Valve type Piston valves
Performance figures
Tractive effort 24,555 lbf (109.23 kN)
Career
Operators MR, SDJR, LMS, BR
Class MR: 3835
Power classMR: 4
LMS: 4F
Number in classMR: 192
SDJR: 5
Numbers
  • LMS: 3835–4026
  • BR: 43835–44026
Retired1954–1965
DispositionOne preserved, remainder scrapped

The Midland Railway (MR) 3835 Class is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed for freight work. The first two were introduced in 1911 by Henry Fowler. After the grouping in 1923, the designs were slightly modified and continued to be built up to 1941 by the LMS as the LMS Fowler Class 4F. [1]

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History

A total of 197 engines were built. 192 of them were sequentially numbered 3835–4026 for the Midland Railway. After nationalisation in 1948 British Railways added 40000 to their numbers so they became 43835–44026. Five engines were constructed by Armstrong Whitworth for the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway in 1922, numbered 57–61. They were absorbed into LMS stock in 1930, becoming 4557–4561.

Accidents and incidents

Withdrawal

The 197 engines in this class were withdrawn between 1954 and 1965 as follows:

Preservation

43924 at Oxenhope, KVWR British Railways Midland Region Class 4F 43924 Oxenhope.jpg
43924 at Oxenhope, KVWR

One Midland-built 4F, (4)3924 is preserved on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, the first locomotive to leave Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales in September 1968. [5] [6]

Models

Bachmann Branchline 3835 Class in OO gauge, which was also adapted into Graham Farish N gauge model.

Product Ref.No.Livery
31-8803851LMS unlined black, number on loco.
31-88243875BR black, early crest
31-8833848Midland Railway black
31-88444044BR black, late crest

Hornby introduced a OO gauge model of 3924 in 2022 to celebrate the film "Return of the Railway Children" which featured this locomotive. The model is in a variation of LMS unlined black.

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References

  1. Duggan, Jamie (14 July 2018). "MR 3835 / LMS Fowler 4F Class steam locomotives - Class Information". RailAdvent. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  2. Earnshaw 1993, pp. 14–15.
  3. Hall 1990, p. 95.
  4. Baxter 1982, pp. 180–183.
  5. Devereux, Nigel (8 January 2018). "PRESERVATION HISTORY: ALEXANDER MACDONALD – FROM SCRAP TO SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS: THE 43924 STORY". No. 236. Heritage Magazine. Heritage Magazine. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  6. "The Barry Scrapyard story, part 2". The Great Western Archive - part1. Retrieved 19 October 2008.