| LMS Class 2P 4-4-0 | |
|---|---|
| Power type | Steam |
| Builder | LMS Derby Works (98) LMS Crewe Works (40) |
| Build date | 1928 |
| Total produced | 138 |
| Configuration | 4-4-0 |
| UIC classification | 2′B h |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Leading wheel diameter |
42.5 in (1,080 mm) |
| Driver diameter | 6 ft 9 in (2,057 mm) |
| Length | 54 ft 4 in (16.56 m) |
| Locomotive weight | 54.05 long tons (54.9 t) |
| Locomotive & 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) |
| Firegrate area | 21 sq ft (2.0 m2) |
| Heating surface: Tubes |
1,034 sq ft (96.1 m2) |
| Heating surface: Firebox |
124 sq ft (11.5 m2) |
| Superheater area | 252 sq ft (23.4 m2) later 246 sq ft (22.9 m2) |
| Cylinders | Two, inside |
| Cylinder size | 19 × 26 in (483 × 660 mm) |
| Valve gear | Stephenson |
| Valve type | 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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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.
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. Union Mills on the Isle of Man make a 2P in N gauge.
| Numbers | Lot No. | Date built |
Built at | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original | 2nd | BR | ||||
| 563–571 | — | 40563–40571 | 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 |
| 573–574 | — | 40573–40574 | 49 | 1928 | Derby | |
| 575–576 | 633–634 | 40633–40634 | 49 | 1928 | Derby | Transferred to S&DJR Nos 44–45 in 1928, retaken into LMS stock 1930 |
| 575–576 | — | 40575–40576 | 67 | 1929 | Derby | Replacement for engines transferred to S&DJR |
| 577–579 | — | 40577–40579 | 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 | — | 40581–40600 | 49 | 1928 | Derby | |
| 602–612 | — | 40602–40612 | 49 | 1928 | Derby | |
| 613–628 | — | 40613–40627 | 67 | 1929 | Derby | |
| 629–632 | — | 40629–40632 | 67 | 1930 | Derby | |
| 636–660 | — | 40636–40660 | 76 | 1931 | Crewe | |
| 661–665 | — | 40661–40665 | 77 | 1931 | Derby | |
| 666–685 | — | 40666–40685 | 77 | 1932 | Derby | |
| 686–700 | — | 40686–40700 | 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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