Midland Railway 2441 Class Explained

Midland Railway 2441 Class
Powertype:Steam
Designer:Samuel Waite Johnson
Builder:Vulcan Foundry
Serialnumber:1638–1657, 1763–1772, 1783–1812
Builddate:1899–1902
Totalproduction:60
Whytetype:0-6-0T
Driverdiameter:4feet
Locoweight:
48lcwt15lcwt
Watercap:1000impgal
Boilerpressure:1602NaN2
Cylindercount:Two, inside
Cylindersize:18x
Valvegear:Stephenson, inside
Valvetype:Slide valves
Tractiveeffort:208351NaN1
Operator:MR » LMS » BR
Fleetnumbers:New: 2441–2460, 2741–2780
1907: 1900–1959
1934: 7200–7259
1948: 47200–47259
Powerclass:3F
Withdrawndate:1954–1967
Disposition:All scrapped

The Midland Railway (MR) 2441 Class was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotives. They were introduced by Samuel Johnson in 1899, originally with round-topped fireboxes. Henry Fowler later rebuilt them with Belpaire fireboxes. They were given the power classification 3F. The LMS Fowler Class 3F of 1924 was based on this design.

Numbering

Sixty locomotives were built. Initially numbered 2441–2460, 2741–2780; they were renumbered 1900–1959 in the Midland Railway's 1907 renumbering scheme. All passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, initially retaining their MR numbers, before being renumbered 7200–7259 between 1934 and 1937. All passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and were numbered 47200–47259.

Withdrawal

Withdrawals started in 1954, with three locomotives still in service on 1 January 1966. All were scrapped, though several later LMS locomotives have survived.

Table of withdrawals! Year !! Quantity in
service at
start of year !! Quantity
withdrawn !! Locomotive numbers
1954 60 2 align=left 47244–45
1955 58 4 align=left 47232/37/52–53
1956 54 4 align=left 47215/20/33/56
1957 50 7 align=left 47206/22/27/40/42–43/58
1958 43 3 align=left 47234/49/51
1959 40 9 align=left 47205/08/10/14/16/19/26/46–47
1960 31 5 align=left 47203/29/38/41/54
1961 26 8 align=left 47200/04/09/12/18/21/39/55
1962 18 5 align=left 47213/17/24/35/59
1963 13 2 align=left 47225/48
1964 11 7 align=left 47207/11/23/28/30/36/57
1965 4 1 align=left 47250
1966 3 3 align=left 47201–02/31

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Metropolitan Railway . Ministry of Transport . 5 October 1932 . 12 April 2017.