2-8-0 Class 8F LMS Profile and Models

2-8-0 Class 8F LMS

8274 at Toddington in June 2013. ©Jim

The London Midland and Scottish Railway's class 8F is a class of steam locomotive designed for hauling heavy freight. 852 were built between 1935 and 1946 (not all to LMS order), as a freight version of William Stanier's successful Black Five, and the class saw extensive service overseas during and after the Second World War. LMS freight traction suffered from the adoption of the Midland Railway's small engine policy which had left it with trains double-headed by underpowered 0-6-0s and 0-8-0s. On the outbreak of the Second World War, the design was chosen to become the country's standard freight design. The War Department had 208 8Fs built and requisitioned 51 more. Stanier 8F production for the WD continued until 1943 when the cheaper WD Austerity 2-8-0 was introduced. Production for British domestic use continued until 1946. The 8Fs were successful and durable locomotives in BR service, with all 666 locomotives surviving until 1960 and routine withdrawals not beginning until 1964. Fourteen 8Fs are known to have survived with six LMS/BR locomotives being preserved in the UK.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

LMS Crewe Works
LMS Horwich Works
North British Locomotive Co
LNER Darlington Works
LNER Doncaster Works
GWR Swindon Works
Vulcan Foundry
SR Brighton Works
SR Eastleigh Works
SR Ashford Works
Beyer, Peacock & Co

Build Date

1935 to 1946

Total Built

852

Tractive Effort

32,440 lbf

Wheel Configuration

2-8-0

Operated By

London, Midland & Scottish Railway
London & North Eastern Railway
War Department
British Railways
Trans-Iranian Railway
Palestine Railways
Egyptian State Railways
Iraq State Railways
Ferrovie Dello Stato
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet
Demiryollari
Israel Railways

Main Duties

Heavy Freight
Wartime Use

In Service Until

1968

Surviving Examples

12 (Preserved)
2 (Derelict)
23 (Lost at Sea)

 

Products awaiting categorisation

Scale Brand Image Construction Type DCC Capability Product Code Product Title Livery
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Amer Collection No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set GBL33
View
Stanier 8F Class 2-8-0 8142 in LMS black - static model - not motorised Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) DJH Model Railway Kits K45 LMS/BR Stanier 8F 2-8-0 Requires assembly Not set K45
View
LMS/BR Stanier 8F 2-8-0 Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) DJH Model Railway Kits No image available Requires assembly Not set K49
View
S&DJR/LMS/BR 2-8-0 small boiler LMS black
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Keyser (K's) No image available Requires assembly Not set K77
View
Stanier 8F 2-8-0 Kit Awaiting Categorisation