Midland Railway 1528 Class
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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....

 1528 Class was a class of small 0-4-0
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. Ten were built in two batches; the first five Nos 1528-33 in 1907 and the second five 1534-7 in 1921-1922, with detail differences between the batches.

After nationalisation in 1948, British Railways added 40000 to their numbers to become 41528-37.

None has survived to preservation.

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