2-6-2T Standard Class 2MT BR Profile and Models

2-6-2T Standard Class 2MT BR

84025 at Margate in August 1958. ©Ben Brooksbank

The British Railways standard class 2 2-6-2T was a class of steam locomotive, one of the standard classes of the 1950s. The class was designed at Derby Works and introduced in 1953. The design derived from the LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T which BR had built after nationalisation. Modifications were made to the Ivatt design including a reduced cab to reduce the loading gauge and some standard fittings. BR classified them 2MT, emphasising a mixed-traffic role. As most services which required 2MT 2-6-2Ts were already served by the 130 Ivatt engines, B.R. only ordered 30 engines, which eliminated pre-grouping steam locomotives as much as possible on local services. The LMR locomotives were used on push-pull routes, and were often allocated alongside the Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T engines with which they shared most of their origins. Most were transferred away to the North Eastern Region in the early 1960s following electrification, but several locomotives (including some of the LMR allocation) were re-allocated to Eastleigh in 1965 for possible use on the Isle of Wight replacing life expired ex-London and South Western railway O2 0-4-4T engines, which dated from the turn of the century. However, this did not cover coaching stock replacement, and thus the locomotives were scrapped.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

Crewe Works
Darlington Works

Build Date

1953 to 1957

Total Built

30

Tractive Effort

18,515 lbf

Wheel Configuration

2-6-2T

Operated By

British Railways

Main Duties

Mixed Traffic

In Service Until

1966

Surviving Examples

0

 

Products awaiting categorisation

Scale Brand Image Construction Type DCC Capability Product Code Product Title Livery
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) DJH Model Railway Kits K55 BR 2-6-2T Class 2P Steam locomotive Kit Requires assembly Not set K55
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BR 2-6-2T Class 2P Steam locomotive Kit Awaiting Categorisation
O Gauge (1:43 Scale) DJH Model Railway Kits K300 BR Standard Class 2MT 2-6-2T Nos 84000-84039 kit Requires assembly Not set K300
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BR Standard Class 2MT 2-6-2T Nos 84000-84039 kit Awaiting Categorisation