LMS Patriot Class

LMS Patriot Class

45501 St. Dunstans at Stafford, 1954
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer Sir Henry Fowler
Builder LMS, Crewe and Derby works
Build date 1930–1934
Total produced 52
Specifications
Configuration 4-6-0
UIC class 2′C h3
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Leading dia 3 ft 3 in (0.991 m)
Driver diameter 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Length 62 ft 8 34 in (19.120 m)
Loco weight 80.75 long tons (82.05 t; 90.44 short tons)
Tender weight 42.70 long tons (43.39 t; 47.82 short tons)
Loco & tender weight 123.45 long tons (125.43 t; 138.26 short tons)
Fuel type Coal
Fuel capacity 5.5 long tons (5.6 t; 6.2 short tons)
Water cap 3,500 imp gal (16,000 l; 4,200 US gal)
Firebox:
  Firegrate area
30 12 sq ft (2.83 m2)
Boiler G9½S
Boiler pressure 200 psi (1.4 MPa)
Heating surface:
  Tubes and flues
1,552 sq ft (144.2 m2)
  Firebox 183 sq ft (17.0 m2)
Superheater:
  Heating area
365 sq ft (33.9 m2)
Cylinders 3
Cylinder size 18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear Walschaerts
Valve type Piston valves
Train brakes Vacuum
Performance figures
Tractive effort 26,520 lbf (118.0 kN)
Career
Operators
Power class
  • 1930–51: 5XP
  • 1951–65: 6P5F
Numbers
  • LMS (1934): 5500–5551
  • BR: 45500–45551
Withdrawn 1960–1965
Disposition All original locomotives Scrapped; one new-build under construction
Rebuilt Patriot Class

45528 R.E.M.E. in November 1962
Type and origin
Only differences from above are shown
Power type Steam
Rebuild date 1946–1949
Number rebuilt 18
Specifications
Loco weight 82.00 long tons (83.32 t; 91.84 short tons)
Tender weight 54.65 long tons (55.53 t; 61.21 short tons)
Loco & tender weight 136.65 long tons (138.84 t; 153.05 short tons)
Fuel capacity 9 long tons (9.1 t; 10 short tons)
Water cap 4,000 imp gal (18,000 l; 4,800 US gal)
Firebox:
  Firegrate area
31 14 sq ft (2.90 m2)
Boiler 2A
Boiler pressure 250 lbf/in2 (1.72 MPa)
Heating surface:
  Tubes and flues
1,667 sq ft (154.9 m2)
  Firebox 195 sq ft (18.1 m2)
Superheater:
  Heating area
348–367 sq ft (32.3–34.1 m2)
Cylinder size 17 in × 26 in (432 mm × 660 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort 29,570 lbf (131.53 kN)
Career
Power class
  • 6P
  • 7P from 1951
Axle load class BR: Route Availability 9

The Patriot Class was a class of 52 express passenger steam locomotives built for the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The first locomotive of the class was built in 1930 and the last in 1934. All of the Patriot class locomotives were withdrawn from service by 1965. The class was based on the chassis of the Royal Scot combined with the boiler from Large Claughtons earning them the nickname Baby Scots.

Overview

The first two were rebuilt in 1930 from the 1912-built LNWR Large Claughton Class, retaining the original driving wheels with their large bosses, the "double radial" bogie truck and some other parts. Of the subsequent 50 locomotives of the class 40 were nominal rebuilds of Claughtons, being in fact new builds classified as rebuilt engines so that they could be charged to revenue accounts, rather than capital. The last ten were classified as new builds.

The two former Claughtons retained their original numbers until 1934, when they were renumbered 5500–1.[1] The 40 built as replacements took the numbers of the Claughtons that they replaced; these were renumbered 5502–41 in 1934.[2] The remainder of the class were allocated nos. 6030–9, but were numbered 5542–51 from new.[3] BR added 40000 to their numbers to make them 45500–51. The numbering of the similar LMS Jubilee Class continued on from where the Patriots left off. This was because 5552–5556 were ordered as Patriots (to be numbered 6040–4) but built with taper boilers as Jubilees on the orders of Sir William Stanier.[4]

Naming of the class was somewhat erratic. Some retained old Claughton names, whilst others continued the military associations of the names Patriot and St Dunstans, and 13 carried names of holiday resorts served by the LMS. Seven remained unnamed, although they had been allocated names in 1943.

Between 1946 and 1948 eighteen were rebuilt with Stanier 2A boiler, cab and tender, though again these were paper rebuilds. The rebuilt engines were (4)5512/14/21–23/25–32/34–36/45. These were originally built without smoke deflectors but starting in 1948 were fitted with LMS Royal Scot Class pattern deflectors. The two original members of the class, and the first ten of the nominal rebuilds, were not rebuilt due to their non-standard parts.

All were withdrawn between 1960 and 1965. None have survived to preservation.

In 2007 a proposal to build a new LMS Patriot, using the surviving drawings, was published in the 13 July issue of Steam Railway magazine. This led to the formation of a Limited Company with charitable status.

Accidents and incidents

Details

Pre-
1934
LMS
No.
Post
1934
LMS
No.
(BR +
40000
)
Name (date if not from new) Built Works Withdrawn Notes
5971 5500 Patriot (Feb. 1937) November 1930 Derby March 1961 Original name – Croxteth.
5902 5501 St. Dunstans (1937) November 1930 Derby September 1961 Original name – Sir Frank Ree.
5959 5502 Royal Naval Division (1937) July 1932 Crewe September 1960
5985 5503 The Leicestershire Regiment (1938) July 1932 Crewe August 1961 The Royal Leicestershire Regiment from Nov. 1948.
5987 5504 Royal Signals (1937) July 1932 Crewe March 1962
5949 5505 The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (1947) August 1932 Crewe June 1962
5974 5506 The Royal Pioneer Corps (Sep. 1948) August 1932 Crewe March 1962
5936 5507 Royal Tank Corps (1937) August 1932 Crewe October 1962
6010 5508 August 1932 Crewe November 1960 Fitted with stovepipe chimney in 1956.
6005 5509 The Derbyshire Yeomanry (1951) August 1932 Crewe August 1961
6012 5510 August 1932 Crewe June 1962
5942 5511 Isle of Man (1938) September 1932 Crewe February 1961
5966 5512 Bunsen September 1932 Crewe March 1965 Rebuilt Jul. 1948.
5958 5513 September 1932 Crewe September 1962 1943 name allocated: Sir W.A. Stanier.
5983 5514 Holyhead (1938) September 1932 Crewe June 1961 Rebuilt Mar. 1947.
5992 5515 Caernarvon (1939) October 1932 Crewe June 1962
5982 5516 The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. (1938) October 1932 Crewe August 1961
5952 5517 February 1933 Crewe June 1962
6006 5518 Bradshaw (1939) February 1933 Crewe October 1962
6008 5519 Lady Godiva February 1933 Crewe March 1962
5954 5520 Llandudno (1937) February 1933 Derby May 1962
5933 5521 Rhyl (1937) March 1933 Derby September 1963 Rebuilt Nov. 1946.
5973 5522 Prestatyn (1939) March 1933 Derby September 1964 Rebuilt Jan. 1949.
6026 5523 Bangor (1938) March 1933 Crewe January 1964 Rebuilt Oct. 1948
5907 5524 Blackpool (1937) March 1933 Crewe September 1962 Original name Sir Frederick Harrison.
5916 5525 Colwyn Bay (1937) March 1933 Derby May 1963 Original name E. Tootal Broadhurst.
Rebuilt Aug. 1948.
5963 5526 Morecambe and Heysham (1937) March 1933 Derby October 1964 Rebuilt Feb. 1947
5944 5527 Southport (1937) April 1933 Derby December 1964 Rebuilt Sep. 1948
5996 5528 R.E.M.E. (Sep. 1959) April 1933 Derby January 1963 Rebuilt Sep. 1948.
Only rebuilt engine to run without name.
5926 5529 Stephenson (1948) April 1933 Crewe February 1964 Original name Sir Herbert Walker K.C.B. until 1937.
Rebuilt Jul. 1947.
6022 5530 Sir Frank Ree (1937) April 1933 Crewe December 1965 Name transferred from 5501.
Rebuilt Oct. 1946.
6027 5531 Sir Frederick Harrison (1937) April 1933 Crewe November 1965 Name transferred from 5524.
Rebuilt Dec. 1947.
Painted experimental Apple Green livery 1948.
6011 5532 Illustrious April 1933 Crewe February 1964 Rebuilt Jun.1948.
5905 5533 Lord Rathmore April 1933 Derby September 1962
5935 5534 E. Tootal Broadhurst (1937) April 1933 Crewe May 1964 Name transferred from 5525.
Rebuilt Dec. 1948.
5997 5535 Sir Herbert Walker K.C.B. (1937) May 1933 Derby November 1963 Name transferred from 5529.
Rebuilt Sep. 1948.
6018 5536 Private W. Wood V.C. (1936) May 1933 Crewe December 1962 Rebuilt Nov. 1948.
6015 5537 Private E. Sykes V.C. July 1933 Crewe June 1962
6000 5538 Giggleswick (1938) July 1933 Crewe September 1962
5925 5539 E. C. Trench July 1933 Crewe September 1961
5901 5540 Sir Robert Turnbull August 1933 Crewe April 1963 Rebuilt Oct. 1947.
Painted experimental Apple Green livery 1948.
5903 5541 Duke of Sutherland August 1933 Crewe June 1962
5542 March 1934 Crewe June 1962
5543 Home Guard (1940) March 1934 Crewe November 1962
5544 March 1934 Crewe November 1962
5545 Planet (1948) March 1934 Crewe June 1964 Rebuilt Nov. 1948.
5546 Fleetwood (1938) March 1934 Crewe June 1962
5547 April 1934 Crewe September 1962
5548 Lytham St. Annes (1937) April 1934 Crewe June 1962
5549 April 1934 Crewe June 1962 1943 name allocated: R.A.M.C.
5550 May 1934 Crewe November 1962 1943 name allocated: Sir Henry Fowler
5551 The Unknown Warrior. May 1934 Crewe June 1962 Replica under construction.

New Build Patriot Locomotive - 'The Unknown Warrior'

Main article: LMS-Patriot Project

Although no Patriot in either rebuilt or unrebuilt forms survived into preservation a new 'Patriot' is under construction at the Llangollen Railway. The LMS-Patriot Project,[8] a registered charity, is appealing for donations or regular contributions to build the new, 3 cylinder, Fowler designed, parallel boiler, 4-6-0 express passenger loco. It will carry the number of the last built – LMS number 5551 or British Railways number 45551. After a public poll, the new Patriot locomotive will be named The Unknown Warrior, whose tomb is located in Westminster Abbey.

In fiction

This class of engine forms the basis of Big City Engine from the Railway Series of children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry.

00 Gauge Models

Bachmann Industries make a model of the original Patriot. Hornby introduced an original Patriot in the 1980s that has remained in production and now forms part of the 'Railroad' budget range.

Rebuilt Patriots were for a time produced by Bachmann, but they discontinued the old moulding and do not intend to produce a new moulding, as Hornby have released Rebuilt Patriots in their own main range.

References

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