# Midland Railway 3835 Class

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British steam locomotive class (1911–1965)

Midland Railway 3835 Class "Class 4 Goods" No. 43965 at work on the ex-Midland Melton Mowbray - Peterborough line Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Henry Fowler Builder Derby Works (142) Armstrong Whitworth (55) Serial number AW: 416–465 (MR 3937–3986) AW: 468–472 (S&DJR 57–61) Build date 1911, 1917–1922 Total produced 197 Specifications Configuration: ​ • Whyte 0-6-0 • UIC C h2g Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Driver dia. 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Wheelbase Loco: 8 ft 0 in (2,438 mm) + 8 ft 6 in (2,590 mm) Loco weight 48 long tons 15 cwt (109,200 lb or 49.5 t) Fuel type Coal Boiler G7S Boiler pressure 175 lbf/in2 (1.21 MPa) superheated Superheater Schmidt Cylinders Two, inside Cylinder size 20 in × 26 in (508 mm × 660 mm) Valve gear Stephenson Valve type Piston valves Performance figures Tractive effort 24,555 lbf (109.23 kN) Career Operators MR, SDJR, LMS, BR Class MR: 3835 Power class MR: 4 LMS: 4F Number in class MR: 192 SDJR: 5 Numbers LMS: 3835–4026 BR: 43835–44026 Retired 1954–1965 Disposition One preserved, remainder scrapped

The [Midland Railway](/source/Midland_Railway) (MR) **3835 Class** is a class of 0-6-0 [steam locomotives](/source/Steam_locomotive) designed for freight work. The first two were introduced in 1911 by [Henry Fowler](/source/Henry_Fowler_(engineer)). After the [grouping](/source/Railways_Act_1921) in 1923, the designs were slightly modified and continued to be built up to 1941 by the [LMS](/source/London%2C_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway) as the [LMS Fowler Class 4F](/source/LMS_Fowler_Class_4F).[1]

## 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](/source/British_Railways) added 40000 to their numbers so they became 43835–44026. Five engines were constructed by [Armstrong Whitworth](/source/Armstrong_Whitworth) for the [Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway](/source/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 [Parkgate and Rawmarsh](/source/Parkgate_and_Rawmarsh_railway_station), [Yorkshire](/source/West_Riding_of_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.[2]

- 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](/source/LNWR_Claughton_Class) [4-6-0](/source/4-6-0) No. 5971, at [Langwathby](/source/Langwathby_railway_station) station, [Cumberland](/source/Cumberland). The passenger train had departed from [Culgaith](/source/Culgaith_railway_station) against signals. Two people were killed and four were seriously injured.[3]

## Withdrawal

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

Table of withdrawals[4] Year Quantity in service at start of year Quantity withdrawn Locomotive numbers 1954 197 1 43862 1955 196 5 43835/67/94, 43909, 44006 1956 191 8 43874–75/95, 43936/43/56/74, 44024 1957 183 19 43837–38/47/51–52/57/89/91/98, 43901/12/16/27/41/59/80/92–93, 44017 1958 164 4 43879/92, 43978, 44021 1959 160 36 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 43839–40/43/68/97, 43973/89, 44019 1961 116 15 43846/63/72/83–84, 43900/05/11/20–22/44/48/62, 44002 1962 101 22 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 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 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 43865/87/93, 43906/13/18/24/50/52–53/64/67–68/75/81–83/91/94/99, 44003, 44560

## Preservation

43924 at Oxenhope, KVWR

One Midland-built 4F, (4)3924 is preserved on the [Keighley & Worth Valley Railway](/source/Keighley_%26_Worth_Valley_Railway), the first locomotive to leave [Woodham Brothers](/source/Woodham_Brothers) [scrapyard](/source/Scrapyard) in [Barry, South Wales](/source/Barry%2C_South_Wales) in September 1968.[5][6]

## Models

[Bachmann Branchline](/source/Bachmann_Branchline) 3835 Class in OO gauge, which was also adapted into [Graham Farish](/source/Graham_Farish) [N gauge](/source/N_gauge) model.

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](/source/Hornby_Railways) 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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Duggan, Jamie (14 July 2018). ["MR 3835 / LMS Fowler 4F Class steam locomotives - Class Information"](https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2018/07/mr-3835-lms-fowler-4f-class-steam-locomotives-class-information.html). *RailAdvent*. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEarnshaw199314–15_2-0)** [Earnshaw 1993](#CITEREFEarnshaw1993), pp. 14–15.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHall199095_3-0)** [Hall 1990](#CITEREFHall1990), p. 95.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaxter1982a180–183_4-0)** [Baxter 1982a](#CITEREFBaxter1982a), pp. 180–183.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Devereux, Nigel (8 January 2018). ["PRESERVATION HISTORY: ALEXANDER MACDONALD – FROM SCRAP TO SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS: THE 43924 STORY"](https://www.heritagerailway.co.uk/3298/preservation-history-alexander-macdonald-from-scrap-to-swallows-and-amazons-the-43924-story/). No. 236. Heritage Magazine. Heritage Magazine. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-BarScrap2_6-0)** ["The Barry Scrapyard story, part 2"](http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/barry2.htm). The Great Western Archive - part1. Retrieved 19 October 2008.

- 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).

- Baxter, Bertram (1984). Baxter, David (ed.). *British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923*. Vol. 4: Scottish and remaining English Companies in the LMS Group. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company.

- [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).

- Earnshaw, Alan (1993). *Trains in Trouble: Vol. 8*. Penryn: Atlantic Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-906899-52-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-906899-52-4).

- Hall, Stanley (1990). *The Railway Detectives*. London: Ian Allan. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7110-1929-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7110-1929-0).

## External links

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- [Class 4F-B Details](http://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=4F-B) at *Rail UK*

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