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) Fowler 2-6-2T was a class of
steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...
. The LMS classified them 3P, BR 3MT. All were built at
Derby Works
The Derby Works comprised a number of British manufacturing facilities designing and building locomotives and rolling stock in Derby, England. The first of these was a group of three maintenance sheds opened around 1840 behind Derby station. Th ...
between 1930 and 1932.
William Stanier
Sir William Arthur Stanier, (27 May 1876 – 27 September 1965) was a British railway engineer, and was chief mechanical engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
Biography
Sir William Stanier was born in Swindon, where his ...
used them to form the basis for the
LMS Stanier 2-6-2T
The Stanier Class 3P 2-6-2T was a class of London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) steam locomotive. They were designed by William Stanier based on the earlier LMS Fowler 2-6-2T
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Fowler 2-6-2T ...
, which was essentially a taper boilered version.
Numbering
They were initially numbered 15500–15569, but from 1934 were renumbered 1–70. After nationalisation in 1948
British Railways
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...
added 40000 on to their numbers to number them 40001–70.
Variations
Numbers 15520–39 (later 21–40 and 40021–40) were fitted with
condensing apparatus to work around
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
. Some of the non-condensing ones were fitted with vacuum operated
pull and push control.
Withdrawal
All were withdrawn between 1959 and 1962. None were preserved.
References
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External links
Class 3P-A Detailsat ''Rail UK''
3 Fowler 2-6-2T
2-6-2T locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1930
Condensing steam locomotives
Scrapped locomotives
Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain
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