The

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It ama ...

(MR) 2441 Class was a class of steam locomotive. Introduced by Samuel Johnson in 1899, originally with round-topped fireboxes. Henry Fowler later rebuilt them with

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es. They were given the power classification 3F. The LMS Fowler Class 3F of 1924 was based on this design.

Numbering

Sixty locomotives were built. Initially numbered 2441–2460, 2741–2780; they were renumbered 1900–1959 in the Midland Railway's 1907 renumbering scheme. All passed to 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 ...

, initially retaining their MR numbers, before being renumbered 7200–7259 between 1934 and 1937. All passed into

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 ...

ownership in 1948 and were numbered 47200–47259.

Withdrawal

Withdrawals started in 1954, with three locomotives still in service on 1 January 1966. All were

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ped, though several later LMS locomotives have survived.

Accidents and incidents

*On 12 July 1932, locomotive No. 1909 was hauling a freight train that collided with a passenger train that had been derailed by

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s at station. It was also derailed, as were five wagons. There were no injuries.

References

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External links

Class 3F-E Details
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