LMS diesel shunter No. 1831 was an experimental diesel hydraulic
shunter built by the
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally u ...
(LMS) in 1931/3, which pioneered
diesel shunting in the UK.
Design
It was ordered in 1931 from the
Midland Railway's
Derby Works and delivered in December 1932, nominally a rebuild of a
Midland Railway 1377 Class
The Midland Railway 1377 Class was a class of 185 0-6-0T tank locomotives. They were introduced in 1878 by Samuel W. Johnson, and were almost identical to the 1102 class of 1874; the latter having fully enclosed cabs, while the 1377 class w ...
0-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels. This was the most common wheel arrangemen ...
T steam locomotive of the same number, built in September 1892 by the
Vulcan Foundry. The frames and running gear of the original locomotive were retained. It had a
Davey Paxman 6-cylinder at 750
rpm engine (later converted to
and a
Haslam & Newton transmission.
History
After initial testing, the locomotive entered stock in May 1934, but was not successful in ordinary service. The locomotive was put into storage in 1936 and officially withdrawn from service in September 1939. It was converted to a mobile power unit, emerging in its new guise as MPU3 in November 1940. It was scrapped in August 1951.
[Strickland (1982), p.23.]
References
Diesel 1831
C locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1931
Scrapped locomotives
Standard gauge locomotives of Great Britain
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