4-4-0 Class 3P MR/LMS Profile and Models

4-4-0 Class 3P MR/LMS

990 MR 3P class. Offical works photograph. ©Public Domain

The Midland Railway Class 3 4-4-0 was a series of 80 steam engines built by the Midland railway at the Derby locomotive works between 1900 and 1905. They were designed for express passenger trains, earlier types not being powerful enough for the new heavier trains. They were the first of that railway's engines to be built new with Belpaire fireboxes, and the engines were generally known as "Belpaires". There were only minor differences between the four groups. All had 6 ft 9 in driving wheels with inside cylinders of 19½ in diameter with 26 in stroke. Seventy-three received type G8AS superheated boilers between 1913 and 1926. The remaining 7 continued in service with non-superheated boilers. They were all scrapped by the end of 1953.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

Derby Works

Build Date

1900 to 1905

Total Built

80

Tractive Effort

Unknown

Wheel Configuration

4-4-0

Operated By

Midland Railway
London, Midland & Scottish Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Passenger Services

In Service Until

1953

Surviving Examples

0