Midland Railway Class 3 4-4-0

745 at Bourneville (Birmingham) Locomotive Depot, July 1947

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Samuel W. Johnson
Builder	Derby Works
Build date	1900–1905
Total produced	80

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	4-4-0
• UIC	2′B n2 → 2′B h2
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.	First ten: 3 ft 6+1⁄2 in (1.080 m) Remainder: 3 ft 3+1⁄2 in (1.003 m)
Driver dia.	6 ft 9 in (2.057 m)
Loco weight	53 long tons 0 cwt (118,700 lb or 53.9 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Water cap.	3,500–4,500 imp gal (16,000–20,000 L; 4,200–5,400 US gal)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	Original: 19+1⁄2 in × 26 in (495 mm × 660 mm) Rebuilt: 20+1⁄2 in × 26 in (521 mm × 660 mm)

Career
Operators	Midland Railway → London, Midland and Scottish Railway → British Railways
Power class	MR: 3 LMS/BR: 3P
Withdrawn	1925–1926 (7) 1928 (1) 1935–1953
Disposition	All scrapped

The Midland Railway Class 3 4-4-0 was a series of 80 steam engines built by the Midland railway at the Derby locomotive works between 1900 and 1905. They were designed for express passenger trains, earlier types not being powerful enough for the new heavier trains. They were the first of that railway's engines to be built new with Belpaire fireboxes, and the engines were generally known as "Belpaires".

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Overview

There were only minor differences between the four groups. All had 6 ft 9 in driving wheels with inside cylinders of 19½ in diameter with 26 in stroke. Seventy-three received type G8AS superheated boilers between 1913 and 1926. The remaining 7 continued in service with non-superheated boilers.

Accidents and Incidents

On 13 October, 1928, locomotive No. 714 of the class was hauling a night mail train from Leeds to Bristol, when it failed to stop at a signal near Charfield railway station. It collided with a freight train, which was hauled by GWR 4300 Class no. 6381. Another freight train, hauled by an 0-6-0 on the opposite line, was partially derailed. In total, 16 people were killed and 41 people were injured. No. 714 was scrapped as a result of the accident. ^[1]

Disposal

The 7 non-superheated locomotives were withdrawn in 1925/6. No. 714, was destroyed in the Charfield railway disaster of October 1928^[2] and the remainder withdrawn between 1935 and 1953. None has been preserved.

Numbering

Original numbers	Post-1907 numbers	Year built	Boiler
2606–2610, 800–804	700–709	1900–1901	GX - 175 psi
2781–2790, 810–839	710–749	1902–1904	G8 - 180 psi
840–849	750–759	1904	G8 - 180 psi
850–869	760–779	1904–1905	G8A - 200 psi

References

^ Gerard, Malcolm; Hamilton, J. A. B. (1981) [1967]. Trains to Nowhere. London: George Allen & Unwin. pp. 45–49. ISBN 0-04-385084-7.
^ Baxter 1982, p. 132.

Baxter, Bertram (1982). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923. Vol. 3A: Midland Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. ISBN 9780903485524.

Sources

Bob Essery and David Jenkinson An Illustrated Review of Midland Locomotives from 1883 (Didcot, Oxon: Wild Swan Publications)
- Vol. 2 – Passenger tender classes (1988) ISBN 0-906867-59-2
Stephen Summerson Midland Railway Locomotives – Irwell Press
- Vol. 4 – Johnson classes part 2 : the goods and later passenger tender engines, Deeley, Fowler and LTSR classes. ISBN 1-903266-55-6

v t e Midland Railway locomotives
Matthew Kirtley (1844-1873)	130 156 480 690 700 780
Samuel Waite Johnson (1873-1903)	6 115 1000 1102 1116A 1121 1134A 1142 1252 1322 1377 1532 1823 1833 2228 2441 2501 2511 Cl. 1 2-4-0 Cl. 2 4-4-0 Cl. 3 4-4-0
Richard Deeley (1904-1909)	990 1528 2000 Paget locomotive
Henry Fowler (1909-1923)	483 3835 Lickey Banker S&DJR 7F 2-8-0
Locomotives of the Midland Railway LMS locomotives British Railways steam locomotives

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