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) Kitson 0-4-0ST was a class of

0-4-0 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four coupled wheels, all of which are driven. The wheels on the earliest four-coupled locomotives were ...

saddle tank

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designed for light shunting.

History

Five were originally designed and built by Kitson and Company of Leeds to LMS specification in 1932 and numbered 1500–1504. They were similar to other shunters built for industrial use. The manufacturer's works numbers were 5644–5648. The LMS classified them 0F. These were later renumbered 7000–7004 in 1935/1936.

British Rail 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 ...

ways (BR) added 40000 to their numbers after nationalisation in 1948, becoming 47000–47004. In 1955, BR constructed an additional five at Horwich Works, numbered 47005–47009. These differed from the original batch having shorter saddle tanks with extra space given to longer coal bunkers instead. Some saw use on the

Cromford and High Peak Railway The Cromford and High Peak Railway (C&HPR) was a standard-gauge line between the Cromford Canal wharf at High Peak Junction and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge. The railway, which was completed in 1831, was built to carry minerals and goo ...

in Derbyshire. Withdrawals took place between 1963 and 1966, and no examples were preserved.

Stock list

In fiction

In '' The Railway Series'' books by the

Reverend W. Awdry Wilbert Vere Awdry (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997) was an English Anglican minister, railway enthusiast, and children's author. He was best known for creating Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas and several other characters he created appeared in ...

, a character called ' Pug' appears in the 12th book, ''The Eight Famous Engines''. After problems of consistent accuracy of the drawings in the early books, later characters were based more closely on real locomotives. Although not explicitly identified by Awdry, the locomotive in the illustration by

John T. Kenney John Theodore Eardley Kenney (1911–1972) was an English illustrator who worked on a number of Reverend Wilbert Awdry's ''The Railway Series'' books from 1957 to 1962. Introduction Kenney was born in 1911 and trained at the Leicester College of ...

, has been identified as most closely resembling a LMS Kitson 0-4-0ST.

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External links

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