Midland Railway 1528 Class Explained

Midland Railway 1528 class
Powertype:Steam
Designer:Richard Deeley
Builder:Derby Works
Builddate:1907, 1921–22
Totalproduction:10
Whytetype:0-4-0T
Uicclass:B n2t
Driverdiameter:3feet
Wheelbase:7feet
Fueltype:Coal
Boiler:MR type J2
Boilerpressure:1602NaN2
Cylindercount:Two, outside
Cylindersize:15x
Valvegear:Walschaerts
Tractiveeffort:146352NaN2
Operator:MR » LMS » BR
Powerclass:Unclassified
Withdrawndate:1957–1966
Disposition:All scrapped

The Midland Railway 1528 class was a class of ten small 0-4-0T steam locomotives designed for shunting. They all remained in service until 1957, when withdrawals began, the last being withdrawn in 1966.

Construction history

Ten were built in two batches; all at the Midland Railway's Derby Works: the first five, Nos 1528–1533, in 1907 on Derby order number 3031, and the second five, 1534–1537, in 1921–1922, with only minor detail differences between the batches.

Service history

They all passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the grouping in 1923, keeping their Midland Railway numbers.

After nationalisation in 1948, British Railways added 40000 to their numbers to become 41528–41537.

Table of withdrawals! Year !! Quantity in
service at
start of year !! Quantity
withdrawn !! Locomotive numbers
1957 10 2 align=left 41530/34
1961 8 3 align=left 41529/32/36
1962 5 0 align=left
1963 5 2 align=left 41531/37
1964 3 1 align=left 41535
1965 2 0 align=left
1966 2 2 align=left 41528/33

None have survived to preservation.

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