Midland Railway 1377 Class

{{Short description|British steam locomotive class (1878–1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Use British English|date=October 2017}} {{Refimprove|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox locomotive | name = Midland Railway 1377 Class | image = Staveley Works geograph-2212761.jpg | alt = | caption = 41804 at Staveley Ironworks, August 1963 | powertype = Steam | designer = [[Samuel Waite Johnson|Samuel W. Johnson]] | builder = {{ubl|[[Derby Works]] (165)|[[Vulcan Foundry]] (20)}} | ordernumber = | serialnumber = | buildmodel = | builddate = 1878–1892 | totalproduction = 185 | rebuilder = | rebuilddate = | numberrebuilt = | whytetype = [[0-6-0T]] | uicclass = C n2t | gauge = {{track gauge|ussg|allk=on}} | driverdiameter = {{convert|4|ft|7|in|m|3|abbr=on}} | minimumcurve = | wheelbase = | wheelspacing = {{ubl|{{convert|7|ft|4|in|m|3|abbr=on}} +|{{convert|7|ft|8|in|m|3|abbr=on}}}} | length = | width = | height = | frametype = | axleload = | weightondrivers = | locoweight = {{convert|39.55|LT|t ST|abbr=on}} | fueltype = [[Coal]] | fuelcap = | watercap = | sandcap = | boiler = MR type A | boilerpressure = {{convert|175|lbf/in2|MPa|2|abbr=on}} | feedwaterheater = | firearea = | tubearea = | fluearea = | tubesandflues = | fireboxarea = | totalsurface = | superheatertype = | superheaterarea = | cylindercount = Two, inside | cylindersize = {{convert|17|x|24|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} | valvegear = | valvetype = | valvetravel = | valvelap = | valvelead = | transmission = | maxspeed = | poweroutput = | tractiveeffort = {{convert|15005|lbf|kN|2|abbr=on}} or {{convert|16080|lbf|kN|2|abbr=on}} | factorofadhesion = | trainheating = | locobrakes = | locobrakeforce = | trainbrakes = | safety = | operator = {{ubl|[[Midland Railway]]|→ [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]]|→ [[British Railways]]}} | operatorclass = MR: 1377 | powerclass = BR: 1F | numinclass = | fleetnumbers = | officialname = | nicknames = | axleloadclass = | locale = | deliverydate = | firstrundate = | lastrundate = | retiredate = | withdrawndate = 1927–1965 | preservedunits = | restoredate = | scrapdate = | currentowner = | disposition =One preserved, remainder scrapped | notes = }} The '''Midland Railway 1377 Class''' was a class of 185 [[0-6-0T]] [[tank locomotive]]s. They were introduced in 1878 by [[Samuel Waite Johnson|Samuel W. Johnson]], and were almost identical to the [[Midland Railway 1102 Class|1102 class]] of 1874; the latter having fully enclosed cabs, while the 1377 class were built without a rear to the cab and only a short cab roof, hence their nickname "half-cabs". They were given the power classification 1F.

==Construction history== Up to 1891, 185 were built: 165 by [[Derby Works]] and the last 20 by the [[Vulcan Foundry]]. Originally they were built with type A boilers with [[round-topped firebox]]es, but many later received type G5 boilers with [[Belpaire firebox]]es.

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style=text-align:center |+ Table of orders and numbers{{sfn|Baxter|1982a|pp=141–146}} ! Original No. !! 1907 (& LMS) No. !! Manufacturer !! Works Nos. !! Qty !! Year !! Notes |- | 1377–1386 || 1660–1669 || Derby Works || (order no. 202) || 10 || 1878 || align=left | |- | 1387–1396 || 1670–1679 || Derby Works || (order no. 218) || 10 || 1878 || align=left | |- | 1347–1356 || 1680–1689 || Derby Works || (order no. 218) || 10 || 1879 || align=left | |- | 1420–1427, 220, 221 || 1690–1699 || Derby Works || (order no. 239) || 10 || 1879 || align=left | |- | 1410–1419 || 1700–1709 || Derby Works || (order no. 262) || 10 || 1880 || align=left | |- | 1552–1561 || 1710–1719 || Derby Works || (order no. 340) || 10 || 1882 || align=left | Originally built as "1552 Class" variant with cut-down boiler mountings and cab. |- | 210–212, 215, 216, 218, 219, 1397–1399 || 1720–1729 || Derby Works || (order no. 414) || 10 || 1883 || align=left | |- | 1677–1686 || 1730–1739 || Derby Works || (order no. 496) || 10 || 1884 || align=left | |- | 1090–1092, 1094, 1095 || 1740–1744 || Derby Works || (order no. 496) || 5 || 1884 || align=left | |- | 1687–1696 || 1745–1754 || Derby Works || (order no. 499) || 10 || 1884 || align=left | |- | 1096–1100 || 1755–1759 || Derby Works || (order no. 499) || 5 || 1885 || align=left | |- | 200, 201, 213, 214, 217, 222, 223, 1093, 1101, 1431 || 1760–1769 || Derby Works || (order no. 824) || 10 || 1889–90 || align=left | |- | 1843–1847 || 1770–1774 || Derby Works || (order no. 854) || 10 || 1890 || align=left | |- | 85–87, 11, 14 || 1775–1779 || Derby Works || (order no. 854) || 10 || 1890 || align=left | Renumbered 1102–1106 in 1891 |- | 203, 1848–1852, 1973–1976 || 1780–1789 || Derby Works || (order no. 854) || 10 || 1890 || align=left | |- | 1977–1981 || 1790–1794 || Derby Works || (order no. 943) || 5 || 1890 || align=left | |- | 880–889 || 1795–1804 || Derby Works || (order no. 883) || 10 || 1890 || align=left | |- | 1982–1991 || 1805–1814 || Derby Works || (order no. 968) || 10 || 1891 || align=left | Originally built as "1552 Class" variant with cut-down boiler mountings and cab. |- | 1992, 1107–1115 || 1815–1824 || Derby Works || (order no. 991) || 10 || 1891 || align=left | |- | 1993–2012 || 1825–1844 || Vulcan Foundry || 1355–1374 || 20 || 1892 || align=left | |}

==Service history== [[File:Derby Locomotive Depot ex-Midland 1F 0-6-0T geograph-2821914-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|left|No. 41773, condemned at Derby Locomotive Depot 13 April 1960]] All 185 passed to the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]] (LMS) at the [[Railways Act 1921|grouping]] in 1923. Withdrawals started in 1927 and 72 locomotives passed into [[British Rail]]ways ownership in 1948, having 40000 added to their LMS numbers, although 14 were withdrawn before being applied. Withdrawals continued and by 1961 only 11 remained; the last five were withdrawn in September 1965. The class had only lasted so long because the Midland Railway had signed a contract in 1866 to provide shunting engines to [[Staveley Ironworks]] for 100 years; at the time the 1Fs were the only locomotives suitable for this duty.

Beyond their work with the Midland Railway, LMS and British Railways, six members of this class - 1666, 1708, 1751, 1788, 1839 and 1890 - were requisitioned by the [[War Department (United Kingdom)|War Department]] during [[World War II]] between 1940 and 1944, to operate the [[Melbourne line|Melbourne Military Railway (MMR)]] in South Derbyshire. No. 1839 was replaced by No. 1773 during its time on the MMR.<ref>Railway Magazine, January/February, 1946, pp. 53-54 - ″The Melbourne Military Railway"</ref> {{clear|left}} {| class="wikitable collapsible" style=text-align:center |+ Table of withdrawals{{sfn|Baxter|1982a|pp=141–146}} ! Year !! Quantity in service at start of year !! Quantity withdrawn !! Locomotive numbers !! Notes |- | 1927 || 185 || 1 || align=left | 1791 || align=left | |- | 1928 || 184 || 1 || align=left | 1684 || align=left | |- | 1929 || 183 || 0 || align=left | – || align=left | |- | 1930 || 183 || 13 || align=left | 1673, 1701/07/22–23/37/44/74/84, 1801/21/28/43 || align=left | |- | 1931 || 170 || 5 || align=left | 1677, 1729/87, 1800/08 || align=left | |- | 1932 || 165 || 53 || align=left | 1663/67/75/80/83/85/87–88/97–98, 1703/09/15–16/19/21/28/31–32/35–36/41/50/56–58, 1760/62/64–65/71/76/83/86/90/92/97–98, 1806–07/09/12–13/15/17/19–20/22–23/31/34/37/40 || align=left | 1831 rebuilt as [[LMS diesel shunter 1831|diesel shunter]] |- | 1933 || 112 || 15 || align=left | 1662/78/89/93, 1704–05/33/61/72/75/82/89, 1825/36/41 || align=left | 10 reinstated: 1756/62/71/97, 1807/13/15/17/19–20 |- | 1934 || 107 || 3 || align=left | 1679/92, 1766 || align=left | |- | 1935 || 104 || 5 || align=left | 1669/91/94, 1717/46 || align=left | |- | 1936 || 99 || 3 || align=left | 1696, 1730, 1817 || align=left | |- | 1937 || 96 || 4 || align=left | 1665, 1796, 1819/30 || align=left | |- | 1938 || 92 || 5 || align=left | 1670, 1740/99, 1807/27 || align=left | |- | 1939 || 87 || 2 || align=left | 1743, 1832 || align=left | |- | 1940–5 || 85 || 0 || align=left | – || align=left | |- | 1946 || 85 || 6 || align=left | 1681, 1742/51/55/71, 1816 || align=left | |- | 1947 || 79 || 7 || align=left | 1700/38/78/85, 1802/10/15 || align=left | |- | 1948 || 72 || 8 || align=left | 1668/74, 1714/18/59/62, 1818/42 || align=left | |- | 1949 || 64 || 4 || align=left | 1676, 1756/68/88 || align=left | |- | 1950 || 60 || 0 || align=left | – || align=left | |- | 1951 || 60 || 6 || align=left | 1690, 1781, 41745/67/93, 41824 || align=left | |- | 1952 || 54 || 4 || align=left | 41727/94, 41820/29 || align=left | |- | 1953 || 50 || 6 || align=left | 41660/64/66/95, 41770/80 || align=left | |- | 1954 || 44 || 5 || align=left | 41711/47, 41811/13/33 || align=left | |- | 1955 || 39 || 5 || align=left | 41671–72/82, 41713/25 || align=left | |- | 1956 || 34 || 8 || align=left | 41686, 41720/77, 41805/14/26/38–39 || align=left | |- | 1957 || 26 || 7 || align=left | 41699, 41706/10/48/53/79, 41803 || align=left | |- | 1958 || 19 || 2 || align=left | 41724/52 || align=left | |- | 1959 || 17 || 4 || align=left | 41661, 41726/95/97 || align=left | |- | 1960 || 13 || 2 || align=left | 41754/73 || align=left | |- | 1961 || 11 || 0 || align=left | – || align=left | |- | 1962 || 11 || 3 || align=left | 41702/49/69 || align=left | |- | 1963 || 8 || 1 || align=left | 41739 || align=left | |- | 1964 || 7 || 2 || align=left | 41712, 41844 || align=left | |- | 1965 || 5 || 5 || align=left | 41708/34/63, 41804/35 || align=left | |}

==Conversion== In 1931, the frames of 1831 were used for [[LMS diesel shunter 1831]]. This was an experimental diesel (one of the first diesel locomotives on the LMS' network) and was intended for shunting work within railway yards, but it wasn't successful when it was put into service in 1932. The locomotive was later put into storage in 1936 and officially withdrawn from service in September 1939. It was converted to a mobile power unit (an MPU3) in November 1940 and ultimately scrapped in August 1951.

==Preservation== [[File:Hugh llewelyn 41708 (5588679032).jpg|thumb|right|41708 at Barrow Hill]] One of the Staveley engines, 1418 (renumbered 1708 by the Midland Railway in 1907, and 41708 by British Railways), is preserved at [[Barrow Hill Engine Shed]], previously at the [[Midland Railway - Butterley]], the [[Keighley & Worth Valley Railway]], and the [[Swanage Railway]] respectively. Sometime during 1994 while visiting the [[Dean Forest Railway]], No. 41708 was renumbered and ran as No. 41720. This change was rectified by 1997. This engine became the inspiration for the Bachmann Branchline OO scale model of the class introduced in 2014. The model, the dispute and the class had an extensive write up in ''Model Rail'' during 2014.<ref>''Model Rail'' no. 200 (September 2014): pp. 16-19</ref> Barrow Hill began restoring the locomotive to working order in November 2020. <ref>[https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/41708-mr-1418-lms-1708-and-br-41708/ Preserved British Steam Locomotives: 41708 (MR 1418, LMS 1708 and BR 41708)]</ref>

==References== {{Commons category|Midland Railway 1377 Class}} {{Reflist|30em}} *{{Baxter: British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923|volume=3A}} *{{0-7110-0554-0}}

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