LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T

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41248 departing Highbridge with a passenger train.
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41248 departing Highbridge with a passenger train.
A rear view of 41296 at Highbridge.
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A rear view of 41296 at Highbridge.
A side-on view of 41296 at Highbridge.
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A side-on view of 41296 at Highbridge.
An unidentified Ivatt 2-6-2T passing Churchland with a milk train.
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An unidentified Ivatt 2-6-2T passing Churchland with a milk train.
41244 in the company of an [[LNER Thompson Class  B1]] 61306 at Low Moor shed, 1966/7
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41244 in the company of an [[LNER Thompson Class B1]] 61306 at Low Moor shed, 1966/7

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T is a class of light mixed traffic steam locomotive introduced in 1946.

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[edit] Background

The LMS had various elderly tank engines and but the operating department required a new small class 2 locomotive. The Great Western Railway 4500 and 4575 Classes of 2-6-2T (prairie) had been successful. George Ivatt designed the new engine incorporating self-emptying ashpans and rocking grates which were labour-saving devices. A tender version, the Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 was also produced. The LMS classified them as 2P, but BR preferred the classification 2MT.

[edit] Construction

The class was introduced between 1946 and 1952. 10 built by the LMS before nationalisation in 1948, and were numbered 1200-9. British Railways added 40000 to their numbers so they became 41200-9. A further 120 were built by BR, numbers 41210-329. Most were built at Crewe but the last ten were built at Derby. 50 engines fitted with push-pull equipment, these being Nos. 41210-20, 41270-89 and 41320-9.

Number Date Lot no. Built at Notes
LMS BR
1200-8 41200-8 1946 181 Crewe
1209 41209 1947 181 Crewe
- 41210-20 1948 195 Crewe Push-pull fitted
- 41221-9 1948 195 Crewe 41222 was push-pull fitted and used on the Newport Pagnell branch until closure in 1964
- 41230-59 1949 204 Crewe
- 41260-9 1950 209 Crewe
- 41270-89 1950 209 Crewe Push-pull fitted
- 41290-9 1951 225 Crewe
- 41300-19 1952 225 Crewe
- 41320-9 1952 225 Derby Push-pull fitted

[edit] Service

The last thirty Crewe-built engines, 41290-319 were allocated to the Southern Region from new. The rest were London Midland Region engines. They spent their lives mostly on rather unglamarous branchline work.

The design formed the basis for the BR standard class 2 2-6-2T (numbers 84000-29). The BR standards were built to a slightly smaller loading gauge and so have slanted cab sides, and also incorporate a fallplate and BR standard fittings e.g. chimneys.

All engines were withdrawn between 1962 and 1967.


[edit] Preservation

Preserved 41312
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Preserved 41312
41241 from the rear, showing the shape of the bunker
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41241 from the rear, showing the shape of the bunker

Four have survived to preservation; numbers 41241, 41298, 41312 and 41313. 41241 is particularly associated with the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway and when initially preserved was painted in inauthentic maroon livery with K&WVR on her tanks, though she was later restored to more conventional BR black.

Number Location Condition External link to preserved locomotive database External link to website
41241 41241
41298 41298
41312 41312
41313 41313

[edit] In fiction

An example of an LMS Ivatt engine like this can be found on the Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends TV Series. The characters name in Arthur the Big Red Tank Engine, and loves to haul fish trucks.

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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