LMS Class 2P 4-4-0

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LMS Class 2P 4-4-0
LMS Class 2P 4-4-0
The first LMS-built 2P 40563 at Shepton Mallet.
Power type Steam
Builder LMS Derby Works (98)
LMS Crewe Works (40)
Build date 1928
Total production 138
Configuration 4-4-0
UIC classification 2'Bh
Gauge 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)
Leading wheel size 42.5 in (1.080 m)
Driver size 81 in (2.057 m)
Length 54 ft 4 in
Locomotive weight 54.05 long tons (54.9 t)
Locomotive and tender combined weight 96.25 long tons (97.8 t)
Fuel type Coal
Fuel capacity 4 long tons (4.1 t)
Water capacity 3,500 imp gal (16,000 l)
Boiler LMS type G7S
Boiler pressure 180 psi (1.24 MPa)
Fire grate area 21 sq ft (2.0 )
Heating surface: Tubes 1,034 sq ft (96.1 )
Heating surface: Firebox 124 sq ft (11.5 )
Superheater area 252 sq ft (23.4 ) later 246 sq ft (22.9 )
Cylinders Two, inside
Cylinder size 19×26 in (483×660 mm)
Valve gear Stephenson, piston valves
Tractive effort 17,730 lbf (78.87 kN)
Class 2P
Retired 1934, 1954–1962
Disposition All scrapped

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

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[edit] Overview

The class was introduced in 1928 and was a post-grouping development of the Midland Railway 483 Class with modified dimensions and reduced boiler mountings.

The 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.

[edit] Models

Hornby produce a 00 gauge model based on the old Dapol (formerly Airfix) tooling which is reasonably accurate. Graham Farish produced an N scale model of the 4P 4-4-0 Compound when they were in Poole, Dorset, and the chassis for this could be modified to represent the 2P.

[edit] Details

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 for first 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 -

Numbers 633 and 635 were fitted with Dabeg feedwater heater in 1933. Numbers 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.

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[edit] References

  • Rowledge, J.W.P. (1975). Engines of the LMS, built 1923–51. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0902888595.