Midland_Railway_1121_Class
The Midland Railway 1121 class was a class of 0-6-0T tank locomotives designed by Samuel W. Johnson for the Midland Railway. Fifty-five were built between 1895 and 1900: ten by the railway company's Derby Works, five by Sharp, Stewart and Company, and the remaining forty by Robert Stephenson and Company.
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The class were a development of the 1377 class “half cabs”. They differed by having the A1 type boiler in place of the earlier's type A. The wheelbase was stretched by 6 inches (150 mm) – all between the main and rear driving wheels. They also had a full cab.
| Original No. | 1907 (& LMS) No. | Manufacturer | Works Nos. | Qty | Year | Notes |
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| 1121–1130 | 1845–1854 | Derby Works | (order no. 1395) | 10 | 1895 | |
| 2248–2252 | 1855–1859 | Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 4062–4066 | 5 | 1895 | |
| 2361–2390 | 1860–1889 | R. Stephenson & Co. | 2931–2960 | 30 | 1899 | |
| 2571–2580 | 1890–1899 | R. Stephenson & Co. | 2961–2970 | 10 | 1899–1900 |
All 55 passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) at the 1923 grouping in 1923. Withdrawals started in 1930, and by 1948, when the railways were nationalised, 23 locomotives passed into British Railways ownership, and were allocated numbers 40000 higher than their LMS numbers, although five were withdrawn before the new numbers were applied. Withdrawals continued, with the last one, 41875, taken out of service in July 1963.
None were preserved.
| Year | Quantity in service at start of year | Quantity withdrawn | Locomotive numbers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 55 | 6 | 1861/66-67/81/97/99 | |
| 1931 | 49 | 4 | 1858/62/82/86 | |
| 1932 | 45 | 10 | 1845/48/68/72/80/83/87-88/96/98 | |
| 1933 | 35 | 4 | 1863/77/92/94 | |
| 1934–37 | 31 | 0 | – | |
| 1938 | 31 | 1 | 1849 | |
| 1939 | 30 | 1 | 1851 | |
| 1940–45 | 31 | 0 | – | |
| 1946 | 29 | 3 | 1864/71/76 | |
| 1947 | 26 | 3 | 1850/84/91 | |
| 1948 | 23 | 2 | 1870/93 | |
| 1949 | 21 | 1 | 1874 | |
| 1950 | 20 | 2 | 1895, 41873 | |
| 1951 | 18 | 3 | 1856, 41852/54 | |
| 1952 | 15 | 1 | 41890 | |
| 1953 | 14 | 2 | 41846/49 | |
| 1954 | 12 | 1 | 41853 | |
| 1955 | 11 | 3 | 41859/65/89 | |
| 1956 | 8 | 1 | 41885 | |
| 1957 | 7 | 1 | 41860 | |
| 1958 | 6 | 0 | – | |
| 1959 | 6 | 2 | 41857/78 | |
| 1960 | 4 | 3 | 41847/55/79 | |
| 1961–62 | 31 | 0 | – | |
| 1963 | 1 | 1 | 41875 |
- Baxter 1982, p. 118.
- Baxter 1982, pp. 146–147.
- Baxter, Bertram (1982). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923. Vol. 3A: Midland Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. ISBN 9780903485524.
- Casserley, H. C. & Johnston, Stuart W. (1974) [1966]. Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0554-0.