Midland Railway 3835 Class

{{Short description|British steam locomotive class (1911–1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Use British English|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox Locomotive |powertype=Steam |name = Midland Railway 3835 Class "Class 4 Goods" |image = Walton with Leicester - Peterborough East train geograph-2791492-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg |caption = No. 43965 at work on the ex-Midland Melton Mowbray - Peterborough line |designer = [[Henry Fowler (engineer)|Henry Fowler]] |builder = {{unbulleted list|[[Derby Works]] (142)|[[Armstrong Whitworth]] (55)}} |serialnumber = {{unbulleted list|AW: 416–465 (MR 3937–3986)|AW: 468–472 (S&DJR 57–61)}} |builddate = 1911, 1917–1922 |totalproduction = 197 |fleetnumbers = {{ubl|LMS: 3835–4026|BR: 43835–44026}} |whytetype = [[0-6-0]] |uicclass = C h2g |gauge = {{Track gauge|ussg|allk=on}} |driverdiameter = {{convert|5|ft|3|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} |wheelbase = Loco: {{convert|8|ft|0|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} + {{convert|8|ft|6|in|mm|abbr=on}} |length = |locoweight = {{long ton|48|15}} |fueltype = [[Coal]] |fuelcap = |watercap = |firearea = |boiler = G7S |boilerpressure = {{convert|175|lbf/in2|MPa|abbr=on}} superheated |superheatertype = Schmidt |cylindercount = Two, inside |cylindersize = {{convert|20|x|26|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} |valvegear = [[Stephenson valve gear|Stephenson]] |valvetype = [[Piston valve (steam engine)|Piston valves]] |tractiveeffort = {{convert|24555|lbf|kN|abbr=on}} |operator = [[Midland Railway|MR]], [[Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway|SDJR]], [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway|LMS]], [[British Railways|BR]] |operatorclass = MR: 3835 |powerclass = MR: 4 LMS: 4F |numinclass = MR: 192 SDJR: 5 |retiredate = 1954–1965 |disposition = One preserved, remainder [[scrap]]ped }} The [[Midland Railway]] (MR) '''3835 Class''' is a class of 0-6-0 [[steam locomotive|steam locomotives]] designed for freight work. The first two were introduced in 1911 by [[Henry Fowler (engineer)|Henry Fowler]]. After the [[Railways Act 1921|grouping]] in 1923, the designs were slightly modified and continued to be built up to 1941 by the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway|LMS]] as the [[LMS Fowler Class 4F]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duggan |first=Jamie |date=July 14, 2018 |title=MR 3835 / LMS Fowler 4F Class steam locomotives - Class Information |url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2018/07/mr-3835-lms-fowler-4f-class-steam-locomotives-class-information.html |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=RailAdvent |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==History== A total of 197 engines were built. 192 of them were sequentially numbered 3835–4026 for the Midland Railway. After nationalisation in 1948 [[British Railways]] added 40000 to their numbers so they became 43835–44026. Five engines were constructed by [[Armstrong Whitworth]] for the [[Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway]] in 1922, numbered 57–61. They were absorbed into LMS stock in 1930, becoming 4557–4561.

==Accidents and incidents== *On 19 November 1926, locomotive No. 3980 was one of two hauling a freight train. One of the private owner wagons disintegrated, derailing the train at {{rws|Parkgate and Rawmarsh}}, [[West Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]]. A signal post was partly brought down, obstructing an adjacent line. The carriages of an express passenger train had their sides ripped open by the signal post. Eleven people were killed.{{sfn|Earnshaw|1993|pp=14-15}} *On 6 March 1930, locomotive No. 4009 was hauling a ballast train that was in collision with a passenger train, hauled by Ex-[[LNWR Claughton Class]] [[4-6-0]] No. 5971, at {{rws|Langwathby}} station, [[Cumberland]]. The passenger train had departed from {{rws|Culgaith}} against signals. Two people were killed and four were seriously injured.{{sfn|Hall|1990|p=95}}

==Withdrawal==

The 197 engines in this class were withdrawn between 1954 and 1965 as follows:

{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style=text-align:center |+Table of withdrawals{{sfn|Baxter|1982a|pp=180–183}} ! Year !! Quantity in service at start of year !! Quantity withdrawn !! Locomotive numbers |- | 1954 || 197 || 1 || align=left | 43862 |- | 1955 || 196 || 5 || align=left | 43835/67/94, 43909, 44006 |- | 1956 || 191 || 8 || align=left | 43874–75/95, 43936/43/56/74, 44024 |- | 1957 || 183 || 19 || align=left | 43837–38/47/51–52/57/89/91/98, 43901/12/16/27/41/59/80/92–93, 44017 |- | 1958 || 164 || 4 || align=left | 43879/92, 43978, 44021 |- | 1959 || 160 || 36 || align=left | 43836/41–42/58/60/64/66/73/77–78/81/86/90/96, 43904/07/10/19/26/30/34/39/46/60–61/65–66/70/84/90/97–98, 44000/05/14/18 |- | 1960 || 124 || 8 || align=left | 43839–40/43/68/97, 43973/89, 44019 |- | 1961 || 116 || 15 || align=left | 43846/63/72/83–84, 43900/05/11/20–22/44/48/62, 44002 |- | 1962 || 101 || 22 || align=left | 43844/48–49/59/69/76/99, 43902/14/32–33/38/85/96, 44001/04/08/11/16/20, 44557/61 |- | 1963 || 79 || 23 || align=left | 43845/53/55/61/70/82, 43915/35/37/42/45/55/69/77/87/95, 44010/12–13/15/22/26, 44559 |- | 1964 || 56 || 34 || align=left | 43850/54/56/71/80/85/88, 43903/08/17/23/25/28–29/31/40/47/49/51/54/57–58/63/71–72/76/79/86/88, 44007/09/23/25, 44558 |- | 1965 || 22 || 22 || align=left | 43865/87/93, 43906/13/18/24/50/52–53/64/67–68/75/81–83/91/94/99, 44003, 44560 |}

==Preservation== [[File:British Railways Midland Region Class 4F 43924 Oxenhope.jpg|thumb|43924 at Oxenhope, KVWR]] One Midland-built 4F, (4)3924 is preserved on the [[Keighley & Worth Valley Railway]], the first locomotive to leave [[Woodham Brothers]] [[scrapyard]] in [[Barry, South Wales]] in September 1968.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Devereux |first1=Nigel |title=PRESERVATION HISTORY: ALEXANDER MACDONALD – FROM SCRAP TO SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS: THE 43924 STORY |url=https://www.heritagerailway.co.uk/3298/preservation-history-alexander-macdonald-from-scrap-to-swallows-and-amazons-the-43924-story/ |access-date=27 October 2020 |agency=Heritage Magazine |issue=236 |publisher=Heritage Magazine |date=8 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="BarScrap2">{{cite web|url=http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/barry2.htm|title=The Barry Scrapyard story, part 2|publisher=The Great Western Archive - part1|access-date=2008-10-19}}</ref>

== Models ==

[[Bachmann Branchline]] 3835 Class in OO gauge, which was also adapted into [[Graham Farish]] [[N gauge]] model.

{|class="wikitable" ! Product Ref. !! No. !! Livery |- |31-880 || 3851 || LMS unlined black, number on loco. |- |31-882 || 43875 || BR black, early crest |- |31-883 || 3848 || Midland Railway black |- |31-884 || 44044 || BR black, late crest |}

[[Hornby Railways|Hornby]] introduced a OO gauge model of 3924 in 2022 to celebrate the film "Return of the Railway Children" which featured this locomotive. The model is in a variation of LMS unlined black.

==References== {{reflist}} *{{Baxter: British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923|volume=3A}} *{{Baxter: British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923|volume=4}} *{{0-7110-0554-0}} *{{cite book |last=Earnshaw |first=Alan |title=Trains in Trouble: Vol. 8 |year=1993 |publisher=Atlantic Books |location=Penryn |isbn=0-906899-52-4 }} *{{cite book |last=Hall |first=Stanley |title=The Railway Detectives |year=1990 |publisher=Ian Allan |location=London |isbn=0-7110-1929-0 }}

==External links== {{commons category|Midland Railway 3835 Class}} *[http://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=4F-B Class 4F-B Details] at ''Rail UK''

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