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Number	40028 a
2nd Grouping Number	lms 28
1st Grouping Number
Pre Grouping Number
Works/Lot Number	Lot055
Class Code	3P-A
Designer	Fowler
Built	16/02/1931
Builder	Derby Works (LMS)
1948 Shed	14B Kentish Town
Last Shed	14B Kentish Town
Withdrawn	03/12/1960
Disposal details	Crewe Works (B.R.)
Disposal	Cut Up
Disposal Date	31/12/1961

Class Information

Built 1930-32. Designed by Sir Henry Fowler.

Total Number Built 70 - Total to BR 70.

Introduced 1930. Fowler Small Passenger and Mixed Freight Tank design, superheated with parallel boiler.

Developed from a design for a 0-6-2T authorised in 1928 but discarded because of weight distribution. Twenty were built with condensing apparatus, 15520-15539 (40021-40040), for working over Metropolitan widened lines to Moorgate, London.

They were not a particularly good design and after World War II most were fitted with a larger blastpipe and chimney and outside steampipes in an attempt to improve their performance.

Nine were modified with vacuum control for motor trains in 1935-39, Nos. 10, 20, 43, 56-61; No. 58 was replaced by 12 in March 1947
No. 21 had its gear removed in June 1944
Two more were altered in 1954 Nos. 17 and 45.

Number Series 40001-40070.

Built as numbers 15500-15569, renumbered 1-70 in 1934.

Built at London Midland & Scottish Railway Derby Works.

15500-15549 (40001-40050) Lot No. 55 1928
15550-15559 (40041-40060) Lot No. 79 1931
15560-15569 (40061-40070) Lot No. 55 1928

Some of these engines were allocated to Tebay shed for banking duties up Shap and Beattock shed for banking up Beattock.

The first withdrawal was 40005 on 7 February 1959 from Willesden shed.
The last loco 40022 was withdrawn on 15 December 1962 from Cricklewood shed.
None are preserved.

Motive Power Details

Weight: Loco 70 tons 10 cwt
Driving Wheel: 5' 3"
71 tons 16 cwt (a) Boil Press: 200lb/sq in Su
Cylinders: Two 17?" x 26" (outside)
Valve Gear: Walschaerts (piston valves)
TE: 21,485 lb

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