The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Rebuilt Jubilee Class consisted of two 4-6-0 steam locomotives.

History

Both were rebuilt in 1942 from the

LMS Jubilee Class The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Jubilee Class is a class of steam locomotive designed for main line passenger work. 191 locomotives were built between 1934 and 1936. They were built concurrently with the similar looking LMS Stanie ...

engines—5736 ''Phoenix'' in April 1942 and 5735 ''Comet'' a month later. They were the second and third examples of the LMS 2A boilered 4-6-0 locomotives, following on from the 1935 pioneer rebuild 6170 ''British Legion''. Both Jubilees had been built in 1936 at

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, and therefore their original type 3A

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s were not life expired and hence were refurbished and reused on different engines rather than being

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ped. They were given the power classification 6P. From 1943 it was decided not to repeat the conversion on the remaining 189 members of the Jubilee Class. Rather it was decided to rebuild members of the LMS Royal Scot Class into the

LMS Rebuilt Royal Scot Class The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Rebuilt Royal Scot Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives. 70 members of this class were rebuilt by the LMS and its successor British Railways (BR) from LMS Royal Scot Class engines by the rep ...

BR Service

Both were inherited by

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in 1948 in and BR added 40000 to their numbers so that they became 45735/6. 45736 ''Phoenix'' was withdrawn in September 1964 and 45735 ''Comet'' followed in October. Neither was preserved.

External links

Jubilees page for (4)5735 ''Comet''

Jubilees page for (4)5736 ''Phoenix''
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