LMS Class 2P 4-4-0

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The first LMS-built 2P 40563 at Shepton Mallet.
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The first LMS-built 2P 40563 at Shepton Mallet.
40629 at Glasgow St. Enoch, 1961.
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40629 at Glasgow St. Enoch, 1961.
40585 at Kettering MPD in the 1950s.
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40585 at Kettering MPD in the 1950s.

The London Midland and Scottish Railway Class 2P 4-4-0 was a class of steam locomotive designed for light passenger work.

[edit] Overview

Essentially the LMS continued constructing to the design of the Midland Railway 483 Class and numbering continued from where the Midland engines left off at 563 and eventually reached 700. 138 were built, though numbering is slightly complicated by renumberings and transfers.

Numbers Lot No. Date built Built at Notes
Original 2nd BR
563-71 - 40563-71 49 1928 Derby -
572 601 40601 49 1928 Derby Experimentally fitted with Owen's double port exhaust valves from new and renumbered immediately after entering service
572 - 40572 49 1928 Derby Replacement No. 572
573/4 - 40573/4 49 1928 Derby -
575/6 633/4 40633/4 49 1928 Derby Transferred to S&DJR Nos 44/5 in 1928, retaken into LMS stock 1930
575/6 - 40575/6 67 1929 Derby Replacement for engines transferred to S&DJR
577-9 - 40577-9 49 1928 Derby -
580 635 40635 49 1928 Derby Transferred to S&DJR No. 46 in 1928, retaken into LMS stock 1930.
580 - 40580 67 1929 Derby Replacement for engine transferred to S&DJR
581-600 - 40581-600 49 1928 Derby -
602-12 - 40602-12 49 1928 Derby -
613-28 - 40613-27 67 1929 Derby -
629-32 - 40629-32 67 1930 Derby -
636-60 - 40636-60 76 1931 Crewe -
661-5 - 40661-5 77 1931 Derby -
666-85 - 40666-85 77 1932 Derby -
686-700 - 40686-700 85 1932 Crewe -

591 and 639 were withdrawn in 1934. After nationalisation in 1948, British Railways added 40000 to the numbers of the remaining 136 engines. Further withdrawals came between 1954 and 1962. All were scrapped.


[edit] Models

Hornby produce a 00 scale model based off of the old Dapol (formerly Airfix) tooling which is resonably accurate.

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Locomotives of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Hughes: 5MT Crab
Fowler: 2P 4-4-0 - 2F Dock Tank - 3MT 2-6-2T - 3F Jinty - 4P Compound - 4MT 2-6-4T - 4F 0-6-0 - 6P Patriot - 7P Royal Scot - 7F 0-8-0 - Garratt - 6399 Fury
Stanier: 2P 0-4-4T - 3MT 2-6-2T - 4MT 2-6-4T (2 cylinders) - 4MT 2-6-4T (3 cylinders) - 5MT 2-6-0 - 5MT Black Five - 6P Jubilee - 8P Princess Royal - 8P Coronation - 8F 2-8-0 - Turbomotive
Kitson: 0F 0-4-0ST
Fairburn: 4MT 2-6-4T
Ivatt: 2MT 2-6-0 - 2MT 2-6-2T - 4MT 2-6-0