The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Compound 4-4-0 was a class of steam locomotive designed for passenger work.

Overview

One hundred and ninety five engines were built by the LMS, adding to the 45

Midland Railway 1000 Class Midland Railway 1000 Class is a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive designed for passenger work. They were known to reach speeds of up to 85 mph (137 km/h). Overview These were developed from a series of five locomotives (2631–2635) introduced ...

, to which they were almost identical. The most obvious difference is that the driving wheel diameter was reduced from on the Midland locomotive to on the LMS version. They were given the

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4P. The LMS continued the Midland numbering from 1045 to 1199 and then started in the lower block of 900–939. After nationalisation in 1948, BR added 40000 to their numbers so they became 40900–40939 and 41045–41199.

Accidents and incidents

*On 8 January 1929, locomotive 1060 was hauling an express passenger train from

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when it overran signals at ,

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and collided with a freight train that was being shunted. Four people were killed. *On 13 March 1935, locomotive No. 1165 was hauling a milk train that was in a rear-end collision with an express freight train at

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, Hertfordshire due to a signalman's error. Two other freight trains collided with the wreckage, one person was killed.

Withdrawal

The class were withdrawn between 1952 and 1961. None have survived into preservation, though the first of the Midland 1000 Class engines has. There is an unconfirmed report that No. 41168 was the subject of an unsuccessful preservation attempt by Dr. Peter Beet.

References

;Sources * Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, 1948 Edition, part 3, pp 5–6 * David Hunt, John Jennison and Bob Essery. ''LMS Locomotive Profiles No. 13: The Standard Compounds'' *

External links

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