4-4-0 Class 3P MR/LMS Profile and Models
990 MR 3P class. Offical works photograph. ©Public Domain
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The Midland Railway Class 3 4-4-0 was a series of 80 steam engines built by the Midland railway at the Derby locomotive works between 1900 and 1905. They were designed for express passenger trains, earlier types not being powerful enough for the new heavier trains. They were the first of that railway's engines to be built new with Belpaire fireboxes, and the engines were generally known as "Belpaires". There were only minor differences between the four groups. All had 6 ft 9 in driving wheels with inside cylinders of 19½ in diameter with 26 in stroke. Seventy-three received type G8AS superheated boilers between 1913 and 1926. The remaining 7 continued in service with non-superheated boilers. They were all scrapped by the end of 1953. |
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Type of Locomotive |
Steam |
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Builder |
Derby Works |
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Build Date |
1900 to 1905 |
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Total Built |
80 |
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Tractive Effort |
Unknown |
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Wheel Configuration |
4-4-0 |
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Operated By |
Midland Railway London, Midland & Scottish Railway British Railways |
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Main Duties |
Passenger Services |
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In Service Until |
1953 |
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Surviving Examples |
0 |
