Midland Railway 3835 Class

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Midland Railway 3835 Class

43979 at Wellingborough shed April 1956.
Power type	Steam
Designer	Henry Fowler
Build date	1911-1922
Total production	197
Configuration	0-6-0
UIC classification	Ch
Gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)
Driver size	63 in (1.600 m)
Locomotive weight	48.75 long tons (49.5 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Boiler pressure	175 psi (1.21 MPa) superheated
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	20×26 in (508×660 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson, piston valves
Tractive effort	24,555 lbf (109.23 kN)
Class	MR: 3835 LMS: 4F
Number in class	MR: 192 SDJR: 5
Retired	1954–1965
Disposition	One preserved, remainder scrapped

The Midland Railway 3835 Class is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed for freight work. The first two were introduced in 1911 by Henry Fowler. After the grouping in 1923 they continued to be built up to 1941 by the LMS as the LMS Fowler 4F.

A total of 197 engines were built. 192 of them were sequentially numbered 3835-4026 for the Midland Railway. After nationalisation in 1948 British Railways added 40000 to their numbers so they became 43835-44026. Five engines were constructed for the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway in 1922, numbered 57–61. They were absorbed into LMS stock in 1930, becoming 4557–4561.

[edit] Preservation

Engine (4)3924 has been preserved on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. Three LMS-built 4Fs have also been preserved.

[edit] References

• Casserley, H. C.; Stuart W. Johnson (1966, 1974). Locomotives at the Grouping 3, London Midland and Scottish Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allen Limited. ISBN 0711005540. 

[edit] External links

• Railuk database
• Preserved locomotive database entry for (4)3924

Engine 43918 running through Water Orton with a freight train, date unknown.

The preserved Midland-built 4F, No. 43924 runs round its train at Oxenhope on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, 13 June 1982.