LMS Fowler Class 3F
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The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Fowler 3F 0-6-0
T is a class of steam locomotive
, often known as Jinty. They represent the ultimate development of the Midland Railway
's six-coupled tank engines.
by Henry Fowler
of the Midland Railway 2441 Class
introduced in 1899 by Samuel Waite Johnson. These rebuilds featured a Belpaire firebox
and improved cab. 422 Jinties were built between 1924 and 1930, with it being just one of the Midland designs perpetuated by LMS. They were built by the ex-L&YR Horwich Works
and the private firms Bagnall's, Beardmores
, Hunslet
, North British
and the Vulcan Foundry
.
When new, they were numbered 7100–7149, 16400–16764. Numbers 7150–7156 were added when the LMS absorbed the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
locomotives in 1930. In the 1934 LMS renumbering scheme, the locomotives were assigned the series 7260–7681. On the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 they were initially chosen as the standard shunting locomotive for the War Department
, but later the more modern Hunslet "Austerity" 0-6-0ST was chosen in preference. Nevertheless, eight were dispatched to France
before its fall in 1940, and only five returned in 1948. Two, 7456 and 7553, were converted to the Irish broad gauge in 1944 and 1945 for use on Northern Counties Committee
lines in Northern Ireland
, becoming the NCC Y Class, nos 18 and 19. A total of 417 thus entered British Railways stock in 1948.
British Railways numbers were the LMS numbers prefixed with '4'. Numbers 47478, 47479, 47480, 47481, 47655 and 47681 were fitted for push-pull train
working.
The first withdrawals started in 1959 and by 1964 half had been withdrawn. The final five survived until 1967, with a further one, 47445 continuing with the National Coal Board
.
book 'The Eight Famous Engines'. The character's name was Jinty, and came from the "Other Railway" (aka British Railways) to help out when the main engines went on a journey to England. However his real name was Jimmy as sometimes featured at Day Out With Thomas events.
model of the Class 3F was produced by Tri-ang during the 1960s and production continued after the company's acquisition by Hornby Railways
. Hornby continue to produce a model for their "Railroad" range.
In the 2000s Bachmann Branchline
released a more detailed OO model. In N gauge Graham Farish
produced a model as a "GP Tank" in various liveries including some of other railway companies before later tooling an accurate 'Jinty' model. In O gauge and Gauge 1 Bachmann Brassworks produce an example. In O gauge, Connoisseur Models produces an etched brass kit. In HO (3.5 mm) scale Firedrake Productions produced a small run of 20 kits.
0-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
T is a class of steam locomotive
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...
, often known as Jinty. They represent the ultimate development of the Midland Railway
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
's six-coupled tank engines.
Introduction
The design was based on rebuildsRemanufacturing
Remanufacturing is the process of disassembly and recovery at the module level and, eventually, at the component level. It requires the repair or replacement of worn out or obsolete components and modules. Parts subject to degradation affecting the performance or the expected life of the whole are...
by Henry Fowler
Henry Fowler (engineer)
Sir Henry Fowler, KBE was a Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway and subsequently the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.- Biography :...
of the Midland Railway 2441 Class
Midland Railway 2441 Class
thumb|right|The view from 47231's cab, showing tank top detail, Belpaire firebox, large dome and chimney.The Midland Railway 2441 Class was a class of steam locomotive. Introduced by Samuel Johnson in 1899, originally with round-topped fireboxes. Henry Fowler later rebuilt them with Belpaire...
introduced in 1899 by Samuel Waite Johnson. These rebuilds featured a Belpaire firebox
Belpaire firebox
The Belpaire firebox is a type of firebox used on steam locomotives. It was invented by Alfred Belpaire of Belgium. It has a greater surface area at the top of the firebox, improving heat transfer and steam production...
and improved cab. 422 Jinties were built between 1924 and 1930, with it being just one of the Midland designs perpetuated by LMS. They were built by the ex-L&YR Horwich Works
Horwich Works
Horwich Works was a railway works built in 1886 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in Horwich, near Bolton, in the North West of England when the company moved from its original works at Miles Platting, Manchester.-Buildings:...
and the private firms Bagnall's, Beardmores
William Beardmore
William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn , known as Sir William Beardmore, Bt, between 1914 and 1921, was an Anglo-Scottish industrialist, founding the eponymous William Beardmore and Company.-Background and education:...
, Hunslet
Hunslet Engine Company
The Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive-building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell as his Works Manager.In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for...
, North British
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...
and the Vulcan Foundry
Vulcan Foundry
Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...
.
Details
| Numbers | Lot No. |
Date built |
Built by | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original | 1934 | ||||
| 7100–7119 | 7260–7279 | 12 | 1924 | Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway... 3717–3736 |
|
| 7120–7134 | 7280–7294 | 13 | 1924 | North British North British Locomotive Company The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were... 23121–23135 |
|
| 7135–7141 | 7295–7301 | 14 | 1924 | Hunslet Hunslet Engine Company The Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive-building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell as his Works Manager.In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for... 1460–1466 |
|
| 7142–7149 | 7302–7309 | 14 | 1925 | Hunslet 1467–1474 | |
| 7150–7156 | 7310–7316 | — | 1929 | W. G. Bagnall 2358–2364 | Né SDJR Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway – almost always referred to as "the S&D" – was an English railway line connecting Bath in north east Somerset and Bournemouth now in south east Dorset but then in Hampshire... 19–25 |
| 16400–16459 | 7317–7376 | 34 | 1926 | North British 23396–23455 | |
| 16460–16509 | 7377–7426 | 35 | 1926 | Vulcan Foundry 3948–3997 | |
| 16510–16518 | 7427–7435 | 36 | 1926 | Hunslet 1511–1519 | |
| 16519–16534 | 7436–7451 | 36 | 1927 | Hunslet 1520–1535 | |
| 16535–16543 | 7452–7460 | 37 | 1926 | W. G. Bagnall 2288–2296 | |
| 16544–16549 | 7461–7466 | 37 | 1926 | W. G. Bagnall 2297–2302 | |
| 16550–16554 | 7467–7471 | 50 | 1928 | Vulcan Foundry 4175–4179 | |
| 16555–16560 | 7472–7477 | 50 | 1927 | Vulcan Foundry 4169–4174 | |
| 16561–16599 | 7478–7516 | 50 | 1928 | Vulcan Foundry 4180–4218 | |
| 16600–16624 | 7517–7541 | 51 | 1928 | Beardmore William Beardmore and Company William Beardmore and Company was a Scottish engineering and shipbuilding conglomerate based in Glasgow and the surrounding Clydeside area. It was active between about 1890 and 1930 and at its peak employed about 40,000 people... 325–349 |
|
| 16625–16632 | 7542–7549 | 52 | 1927 | Hunslet 1558–1565 | |
| 16633–16649 | 7550–7566 | 52 | 1928 | Hunslet 1566–78/82/80/81/79 | |
| 16650–16669 | 7567–7586 | 58 | 1928 | Hunslet 1591–1610 | |
| 16670–16674 | 7587–7591 | 58 | 1929 | Hunslet 1611–1615 | |
| 16675–16684 | 7592–7601 | 59 | 1928 | W. G. Bagnall 2343–2352 | |
| 16685–16723 | 7602–7640 | 60 | 1928 | Beardmore 350–388 | |
| 16724–16749 | 7641–7666 | 60 | 1929 | Beardmore 389–414 | |
| 16750–16764 | 7667–7681 | 82 | 1931 | LMS Horwich Works Horwich Works Horwich Works was a railway works built in 1886 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in Horwich, near Bolton, in the North West of England when the company moved from its original works at Miles Platting, Manchester.-Buildings:... |
When new, they were numbered 7100–7149, 16400–16764. Numbers 7150–7156 were added when the LMS absorbed the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway – almost always referred to as "the S&D" – was an English railway line connecting Bath in north east Somerset and Bournemouth now in south east Dorset but then in Hampshire...
locomotives in 1930. In the 1934 LMS renumbering scheme, the locomotives were assigned the series 7260–7681. On the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 they were initially chosen as the standard shunting locomotive for the War Department
War Department (UK)
The War Department was the United Kingdom government department responsible for the supply of equipment to the armed forces of the United Kingdom and the pursuance of military activity. In 1857 it became the War Office...
, but later the more modern Hunslet "Austerity" 0-6-0ST was chosen in preference. Nevertheless, eight were dispatched to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
before its fall in 1940, and only five returned in 1948. Two, 7456 and 7553, were converted to the Irish broad gauge in 1944 and 1945 for use on Northern Counties Committee
Northern Counties Committee
The Northern Counties Committee was a railway that served the north-east of Ireland. It was built to Irish gauge but later acquired a number of narrow gauge lines...
lines in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
, becoming the NCC Y Class, nos 18 and 19. A total of 417 thus entered British Railways stock in 1948.
British Railways numbers were the LMS numbers prefixed with '4'. Numbers 47478, 47479, 47480, 47481, 47655 and 47681 were fitted for push-pull train
Push-pull train
Push–pull is a mode of operation for locomotive-hauled trains allowing them to be driven from either end.A push–pull train has a locomotive at one end of the train, connected via some form of remote control, such as multiple-unit train control, to a vehicle equipped with a control cab at the other...
working.
The first withdrawals started in 1959 and by 1964 half had been withdrawn. The final five survived until 1967, with a further one, 47445 continuing with the National Coal Board
National Coal Board
The National Coal Board was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom. Set up under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, it took over the mines on "vesting day", 1 January 1947...
.
Preservation
Due to their large numbers, late withdrawals and renowned performances, nine of these engines (plus a spare set of frames and a boiler from 47564) have been preserved. They are most suited to a further working life and many were restored within years of leaving the scrap heap. Today only 47445 and 47564 have never steamed beyond their old BR days, though the latter isn't technically a preserved locomotive. Their locations and conditions are as follows:- 47279 – Based at the Keighley and Worth Valley RailwayKeighley and Worth Valley RailwayThe Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is a long branch line that served mills and villages in the Worth Valley and is now a heritage railway line in West Yorkshire, England. It runs from Keighley to Oxenhope. It connects to the national rail network line at Keighley railway station...
and currently in operational condition. - 47298 – Based at the Llangollen RailwayLlangollen RailwayThe Llangollen Railway is a volunteer-run preserved railway in Denbighshire, Wales, which operates between Llangollen and Carrog; at long, it is the longest preserved standard gauge line in Wales and operates daily in Summer as well as weekends throughout the Winter months using a wide variety of...
and currently in operational condition. Currently painted in Thomas the Tank EngineThomas the Tank EngineThomas the Tank Engine is a fictional steam locomotive in The Railway Series books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher. He became the most popular character in the series, and the accompanying television spin-off series, Thomas and Friends.Thomas is a tank engine, painted blue...
livery. - 47324 – Based at the East Lancashire RailwayEast Lancashire RailwayThe East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England.-Overview:After formal closure by British Rail in 1982, the line was reopened on 25 July 1987. The initial service operated between Bury and Ramsbottom, via Summerseat. In 1991 the service was extended...
and currently in operational condition, on hire to the Midland Railway - ButterleyMidland Railway - ButterleyThe Midland Railway – Butterley is a heritage railway, formerly known until 2004 as the Midland Railway Centre, at Butterley, near Ripley in Derbyshire.-Overview:...
. Boiler certificate expires in 2015. - 47327 – Based at the Midland Railway - ButterleyMidland Railway - ButterleyThe Midland Railway – Butterley is a heritage railway, formerly known until 2004 as the Midland Railway Centre, at Butterley, near Ripley in Derbyshire.-Overview:...
, currently in operational condition and painted in Thomas the Tank EngineThomas the Tank EngineThomas the Tank Engine is a fictional steam locomotive in The Railway Series books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher. He became the most popular character in the series, and the accompanying television spin-off series, Thomas and Friends.Thomas is a tank engine, painted blue...
livery, but is also seen in fictional MR maroon as 16410 on special occasions. - 47357 – Based at the Midland Railway - ButterleyMidland Railway - ButterleyThe Midland Railway – Butterley is a heritage railway, formerly known until 2004 as the Midland Railway Centre, at Butterley, near Ripley in Derbyshire.-Overview:...
and currently under overhaul. This Jinty achieved some 'fame' after being painted in a fictional Midland RailwayMidland RailwayThe Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
maroon livery as 16440-and has now got its own fund raising appeal (47357 jinty appeal) - 47383 – Based at the Severn Valley RailwaySevern Valley RailwayThe Severn Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England. The line runs along the Severn Valley from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster, following the course of the River Severn for much of its route...
, awaiting overhaul in the Highley 'Engine House', having had cosmetic restoration. - 47406 – Based at the Great Central RailwayGreat Central RailwayThe Great Central Railway was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension . On 1 January 1923, it was grouped into the London and North Eastern...
and currently in operational condition. Owned by Roger Hibbert.Boiler certificate expires in 2019. - 47445 – Based at the Midland Railway - ButterleyMidland Railway - ButterleyThe Midland Railway – Butterley is a heritage railway, formerly known until 2004 as the Midland Railway Centre, at Butterley, near Ripley in Derbyshire.-Overview:...
and currently undergoing restoration into operational condition. - 47493 – Based at the Spa Valley RailwaySpa Valley RailwayThe Spa Valley Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway that runs between Tunbridge Wells, High Rocks, Groombridge, and Eridge railway station, where it links with the Oxted Line. En route it crosses the Kent and East Sussex border, a distance of 5 miles , along the former Three Bridges to...
and currently in operational condition. - 47564 – Based at the Midland Railway - ButterleyMidland Railway - ButterleyThe Midland Railway – Butterley is a heritage railway, formerly known until 2004 as the Midland Railway Centre, at Butterley, near Ripley in Derbyshire.-Overview:...
as spares loco so will most likely never steam again.
In fiction
An engine of this type can be seen in the Rev. W. Awdry's The Railway SeriesThe Railway Series
The Railway Series is a set of story books about a railway system located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first being published in 1945. Twenty-six were written by the Rev. W. Awdry, up to 1972. A further 16 were written by his son, Christopher Awdry; 14...
book 'The Eight Famous Engines'. The character's name was Jinty, and came from the "Other Railway" (aka British Railways) to help out when the main engines went on a journey to England. However his real name was Jimmy as sometimes featured at Day Out With Thomas events.
Models
A OO gaugeOO gauge
OO gauge or OO scale model railways are the most popular standard-gauge model railway tracks in the U.K. This track gauge is one of several 4mm-scale standards used, but it is the only one to be served by the major manufacturers...
model of the Class 3F was produced by Tri-ang during the 1960s and production continued after the company's acquisition by Hornby Railways
Hornby Railways
Hornby Railways is the leading brand of model railway in the United Kingdom. Its roots date back to 1901, when founder Frank Hornby received a patent for his Meccano construction toy. The first clockwork train was produced in 1920. In 1938, Hornby launched its first 00 gauge train...
. Hornby continue to produce a model for their "Railroad" range.
In the 2000s Bachmann Branchline
Bachmann Branchline
Bachmann Branchline is a brand name of Bachmann Industries used for British outline 00 gauge model railways.Bachmann, a US company founded in 1835, was purchased by Kader Industries in 1987. Kader had previously produced models for Palitoy under the 'Mainline' brand...
released a more detailed OO model. In N gauge Graham Farish
Graham Farish
Graham Farish is a company that produces large quantities of British outline model railway equipment in N gauge.-History:The Poole, Dorset based manufacturer of radio parts and kits entered the model railway business in the late 1940s, after the need for radio sets reduced post World War II...
produced a model as a "GP Tank" in various liveries including some of other railway companies before later tooling an accurate 'Jinty' model. In O gauge and Gauge 1 Bachmann Brassworks produce an example. In O gauge, Connoisseur Models produces an etched brass kit. In HO (3.5 mm) scale Firedrake Productions produced a small run of 20 kits.
External links
- LMS Jinty at Spa Valley Railway - 28th April 2004 - Photo gallery