Midland Railway 1322 Class

Midland Railway 1322 class

Type and origin Power type Steam Builder MR Derby Works Build date 1883 (5), 1889–1890 (5) Total produced 10

Specifications Configuration 0-4-0T UIC class B nt Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver diameter 3 ft 10 in (1,168 mm) Loco weight 23 long tons 3 cwt (51,900 lb or 23.5 t) Fuel type Coal Boiler pressure 140 psi (0.97 MPa) Cylinders Two Cylinder size 13 in × 20 in (330 mm × 508 mm) Valve gear Stephenson

Performance figures Tractive effort 8,744 lbf (38.90 kN)

Career Operators MR » LMS » BR Power class MR: Unclassified Last run 1949 Disposition All scrapped

The Midland Railway (MR) 1322 Class was a class of small 0-4-0ST steam locomotives designed for shunting. The next class of shunting engines built by the Midland was the 1116A Class, which was nearly identical.

Numbering

Ten engines were built at Derby Works, five in 1883 and the remainder in 1889–1890. Their original numbers were 1322–1326, 202, 1428–1430, 1697. In 1892 they were all placed on the duplicate list as 1322A–1326A, 202A, 1428A–1430A, 1697A.

Disposal

Nos 202A and 1429A were withdrawn before the Midland's 1907 renumbering scheme, leaving the remainder to become 1500–1507. By 1928, all but 1506 had been withdrawn, and in 1930 the survivor 1506 was renumbered 1509 to make room for the ex-S&DJR Fox, Walker 0-6-0ST locomotives taken into LMS stock that year.^[1] This engine survived, albeit in departmental stock as a works shunter at Derby Works, until 1949. It was allocated the British Railways number 41509.^a It was not preserved.

Notes

• ^a Sources are unclear whether it received it however, but this question should be answerable

References

1. Casserley & Johnson. p. 31

• Casserley, H.C. & Johnston, Stuart W. (1974) [1966]. Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan. p. 31. ISBN 0-7110-0554-0.
• Bob Essery and David Jenkinson An Illustrated Review of Midland Locomotives Vol 3 - Tank Engines ISBN 0-906867-66-5