The Midland Railway (MR) 2441 Class was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotives. They were introduced by Samuel Johnson in 1899, originally with round-topped fireboxes. Henry Fowler later rebuilt them with Belpaire fireboxes. They were given the power classification 3F. The LMS Fowler Class 3F of 1924 was based on this design.
Numbering Sixty locomotives were built. Initially numbered 2441–2460, 2741–2780; they were renumbered 1900–1959 in the Midland Railway's 1907 renumbering scheme. All passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, initially retaining their MR numbers, before being renumbered 7200–7259 between 1934 and 1937. All passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and were numbered 47200–47259.
Withdrawal Withdrawals started in 1954, with three locomotives still in service on 1 January 1966. All were scrapped, though several later LMS locomotives have survived.
+ Table of withdrawals Year Quantity inservice atstart of year Quantitywithdrawn Locomotive numbers 1954 60 2 47244–45 1955 58 4 47232/37/52–53 1956 54 4 47215/20/33/56 1957 50 7 47206/22/27/40/42–43/58 1958 43 3 47234/49/51 1959 40 9 47205/08/10/14/16/19/26/46–47 1960 31 5 47203/29/38/41/54 1961 26 8 47200/04/09/12/18/21/39/55 1962 18 5 47213/17/24/35/59 1963 13 2 47225/48 1964 11 7 47207/11/23/28/30/36/57 1965 4 1 47250 1966 3 3 47201–02/31
Accidents and incidents On 12 July 1932, locomotive No. 1909 was hauling a freight train that collided with a passenger train that had been derailed by catch points at station. It was also derailed, as were five wagons. There were no injuries.
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External links
Class 3F-E Details at Rail UK