# Midland Railway 1121 Class

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Class of British steam locomotives

Midland Railway 1121 class LMS 1874 Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Samuel W. Johnson Builder Derby Works (10) Sharp, Stewart & Co. (5) Robert Stephenson & Co. (40) Build date 1895–1899 Total produced 55 Specifications Configuration: ​ • Whyte 0-6-0T • UIC C n2t Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 4 ft 6 in (1.372 m) Wheelbase: ​ • Axle spacing (Asymmetrical) 7 ft 4 in (2.235 m) + 8 ft 2 in (2.489 m) Boiler MR type A1 Boiler pressure 160 lbf/in2 (1.1 MPa)[1] Heating surface 1,120 sq ft (104 m2)[1] Cylinders Two, inside Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm) Career Operators Midland Railway London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways Power class 1F Numbers MR: 1121–1130, 2248–2252, 2361–2390, 2571–2580 LMS: 1845–1899 BR: 41846–41890 (with gaps) Locale London Midland Region Withdrawn December 1930 – July 1963 Disposition All scrapped

The **Midland Railway 1121 class** was a class of [0-6-0T](/source/0-6-0T) [tank locomotives](/source/Tank_locomotive) designed by [Samuel W. Johnson](/source/Samuel_Waite_Johnson) for the [Midland Railway](/source/Midland_Railway). Fifty-five were built between 1895 and 1900: ten by the railway company's Derby Works, five by [Sharp, Stewart and Company](/source/Sharp%2C_Stewart_and_Company), and the remaining forty by [Robert Stephenson and Company](/source/Robert_Stephenson_and_Company).

## Construction history

The class were a development of the [1377 class](/source/Midland_Railway_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.

Table of orders and numbers[2] Original No. 1907 (& LMS) No. Manufacturer Works Nos. Qty Year Notes 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

## Post-Midland Railway

All 55 passed to the [London, Midland and Scottish Railway](/source/London%2C_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway) (LMS) at the [1923 grouping](/source/Railways_Act_1921) in 1923. Withdrawals started in 1930, and by 1948, when the railways were nationalised, 23 locomotives passed into [British Railways](/source/British_Rail) ownership, and were allocated numbers 40000 higher than their LMS numbers, although 5 were withdrawn before the new numbers were applied. Withdrawals continued and the last example, 41875, was taken withdrawn in July 1963. All were scrapped.

Table of withdrawals[2] 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 1 0 – 1963 1 1 41875

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaxter1982a118_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaxter1982a118_1-1) [Baxter 1982a](#CITEREFBaxter1982a), p. 118.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaxter1982a146–147_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaxter1982a146–147_2-1) [Baxter 1982a](#CITEREFBaxter1982a), 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](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780903485524](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780903485524).

- [Casserley, H. C.](/source/H._C._Casserley) & Johnston, Stuart W. (1974) [1966]. *Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway*. Shepperton, Surrey: [Ian Allan](/source/Ian_Allan_Publishing). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7110-0554-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7110-0554-0).

v t e Midland Railway locomotives Matthew Kirtley (1844–1873) 130 156 480 690 700 780 Samuel Waite Johnson (1873–1903) 6 115 1000 1102 1116A 1121 1134A 1142 1252 1322 1377 1532 1823 1833 2228 2441 2501 2511 2601 Cl. 1 2-4-0 Cl. 2 4-4-0 Cl. 3 4-4-0 Richard Deeley (1904–1909) 990 1528 2000 Paget locomotive Henry Fowler (1909–1923) 483 3835 Lickey Banker S&DJR 7F 2-8-0 Locomotives of the Midland Railway LMS locomotives British Railways steam locomotives

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