# Midland Railway 483 Class > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Midland_Railway_483_Class > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Midland_Railway_483_Class.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_Railway_483_Class > Source revision: 1353305765 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Class of steam locomotives This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Midland Railway 483 Class" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Midland Railway 483 Class Rebuilt Midland Johnson 2P 4-4-0 No. 40542 at Chesterfield 1959 Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Samuel W. Johnson Build date Midland locos built 1882–1901 S&DJ locos built 1914–1921 Specifications Configuration: ​ • Whyte 4-4-0 Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Driver dia. Original, 6 ft 6.5 in (1.994 m) Rebuilt, 7 ft 0.5 in (2.146 m) Loco weight 53 long tons 7 cwt (119,500 lb or 54.2 t) Fuel type Coal Boiler pressure 160 psi (1,100 kPa) Cylinders Two inside Cylinder size Original, 18 in × 26 in (460 mm × 660 mm) Rebuilt, 20.5 in × 26 in (520 mm × 660 mm) Performance figures Tractive effort Original: 15,960 lbf Rebuilt: 17,585 lbf Career Power class LMS 2P Withdrawn 1950–1959 Disposition All scrapped The **Midland Railway 483 Class** [4-4-0](/source/4-4-0) was a class of [steam-driven locomotive](/source/Steam_locomotive) designed by [Henry Fowler](/source/Henry_Fowler_(engineer)) for passenger work on the [Midland Railway](/source/Midland_Railway). The class were nominally "rebuilds" of various earlier classes designed by [Samuel W. Johnson](/source/Samuel_Waite_Johnson), although the '483' class engines were, unquestionably, 'accountancy rebuilds' (effectively new locos 'disguised' to gain routine expenditure approval from the board).[1] This design formed the basis for the later [LMS Class 2P 4-4-0](/source/LMS_Class_2P_4-4-0). Construction of the first batch of this class was authorised by Midland Railway Order O/3942 dated 21 June 1911: 'Please put your work in hand in connection with rebuilding [engines 483–522](/source/Midland_Railway_Class_2_4-4-0) with new frames, new cylinders and G7 boilers fitted with Schmidt's superheaters.' Apart from the savings made by using the parts that were salvaged from the old engines, there was an added benefit in referring to them as rebuilt since the royalties due to the superheater company were lower for modified locomotives than for new ones.[2] This first batch of locomotives previously formed the [156 class](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway_156_Class_(4-4-0)&action=edit&redlink=1). Their rebuilding to Class 483 took place 1912-1913. Four more batches of rebuilds were authorised; in 1912, 1913, 1914 and 1922. The [London, Midland and Scottish Railway](/source/London%2C_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway) (LMS) inherited these locomotives at the Grouping of the railways in 1923, completing the last of these rebuilds in 1924. Some of them duly passed into [British Railways](/source/British_Rail) (BR) ownership in 1948. ## Numbering - BR numbers 40332-40397 (17 locomotives) originally built 1882–1891, some rebuilt from 1910 onwards - BR numbers 40400-40562 (143 locomotives) originally built 1891–1901, all rebuilt between 1912 and 1923 - BR numbers 40322-40326 (5 locomotives) built for [Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway](/source/Somerset_and_Dorset_Joint_Railway) 1914-1921 and taken into LMS stock in 1930 Note: two of the above number series contain gaps so the totals do not tally. ## Rebuilding On rebuilding, the [Stephenson valve gear](/source/Stephenson_valve_gear) was retained but the following changes were made: - 18 in × 26 in (460 mm × 660 mm) cylinders with [slide valves](/source/Slide_valve) were replaced by 20.5 in × 26 in (520 mm × 660 mm) cylinders with [piston valves](/source/Piston_valve_(steam_engine)). - 6 ft 6.5 in (1.994 m) driving wheels were replaced by 7 ft 0.5 in (2.146 m) driving wheels. - A [superheater](/source/Superheater) was fitted. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Essery, R.J.; Jenkinson, D. (1988). *An Illustrated Review of Midland Locomotives, volume 2*. Wild Swan Publications. p. 139. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-906867-59-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-906867-59-2). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Hunt, David; Essery, Bob; James, Fred (2000). *Midland Engines No. 3 – The Class 2 superheated 4-4-0s ('483' class rebuilds)*. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications. p. 7. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-874103-60-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-874103-60-7). ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Midland Railway 483 Class](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Midland_Railway_483_Class). - [Class 2P-AB Details](http://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=2P-AB) at *Rail UK*, Older locos - [Class 2P-AC Details](http://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=2P-AC) at *Rail UK*, Newer locos - [Class 2P-AA Details](http://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=2P-AA) at *Rail UK*, Somerset and Dorset locos 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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Midland Railway 483 Class](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_Railway_483_Class) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_Railway_483_Class?action=history)). 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