# Midland Railway 700 Class > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Midland_Railway_700_Class > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Midland_Railway_700_Class.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_Railway_700_Class > Source revision: 1343926357 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Class of 316 British double-framed 0-6-0 locomotives Midland Railway 700 Class No. 22846 at Bournville Locomotive Depot 27 July 1947 Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Matthew Kirtley Builder Derby Works (26) Dübs & Co. (150) John Fowler & Co. (10) Kitson & Co. (10) Neilson & Co. (40) Vulcan Foundry (80) Build date 1869–1874 Total produced 316 Specifications Configuration: ​ • Whyte 0-6-0 • UIC C n2 Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Driver dia. 5 ft 2+1⁄2 in (1.588 m) Loco weight 36 long tons 0 cwt (80,600 lb or 36.6 t) Fuel type Coal Boiler pressure 140 lbf/in2 (965 kPa) Heating surface 1,100 sq ft (100 m2) Cylinders Two, inside Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm) Career Operators MR → LMS → BR FS Class MR: 700 LMS: 1F FS: 380 Power class 1F Withdrawn 1903 – 1951 Disposition All but a single tender scrapped The **Midland Railway 700 Class** was a large class of [double framed](/source/Locomotive_frame#Plate_frames) [0-6-0](/source/0-6-0) freight [steam locomotives](/source/Steam_locomotives) designed by [Matthew Kirtley](/source/Matthew_Kirtley) for the [Midland Railway](/source/Midland_Railway). They were in the [power classification](/source/Power_classification) 1F. ## Early withdrawals Six locomotives - nos. 271/9, 1007/31/52/3 - were withdrawn from service between 1903 and 1905.[1] Fifty more were sold in 1906 to the Italian State Railway, [Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane](/source/Ferrovie_dello_Stato_Italiane) (FS), where they formed [FS Class 380](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomotiva_FS_380); they had been ordered by one of the constituents of the FS, the [Rete Mediterranea](/source/Rete_Mediterranea).[2] They were meant to fill a gap of usable locomotives after the nationalization of the Italian railways. They were intended to remain in service for a few years; however, some of them remained active into the 1920s.[3] ## Numbering After the Midland Railway's 1907 renumbering scheme, the numbers were: - 2592–2671, 2674–2711 and 2713–2867[4] Numbers 2672/3 were members of the [480 Class](/source/Midland_Railway_480_Class); no. 2712 was a member of the [240 Class](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway_240_Class&action=edit&redlink=1),[5] which had been given a number in the wrong series as the result of a clerk's error.[6] ## Accidents and incidents - On 3 December 1892, locomotive No. 871 was hauling a freight train that crashed at Wymondham Junction, [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire), severely damaging the signal box.[7] 22863 at Bournville Shed, 1947 ## Military service 78 locomotives of the class were loaned to the [War Department](/source/War_Department_(United_Kingdom)) during the [First World War](/source/First_World_War) and were used by the [Railway Operating Division](/source/Railway_Operating_Division) of the [Royal Engineers](/source/Royal_Engineers) for military duties in France. A further three were selected to go but instead were loaned to the [London and South Western Railway](/source/London_and_South_Western_Railway) (LSWR) between December 1917 and February 1920 The locomotives allocated were 2707–11/13–88 of which 2783–85 were sent to the LSWR.[8] The remainder went to France at various dates in 1917 before being returned to the MR in 1919–20.[9] All returned to service with the MR except 2765, which was scrapped at Derby in 1920 after suffering broken frames during its time with the ROD.[10] One engine, 2717, was cut off in [No man's land](/source/No_man's_land) during the [Battle of Cambrai](/source/Battle_of_Cambrai_(1917)) in November 1917 and was subsequently captured by the German army during [Operation Michael](/source/Operation_Michael). The Germans salvaged the engine and used it on their military railway in the Brussels area. Recovered after the war, the engine was returned to the MR.[11] ## Preservation None of the 700 Class locomotives survived into preservation, but a tender from No. 2846 does survive behind preserved [156 Class](/source/Midland_Railway_156_Class) No. 158A. ## See also - [Locomotives of the Midland Railway](/source/Locomotives_of_the_Midland_Railway) ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHuntEsseryJames200270–71_1-0)** [Hunt, Essery & James 2002](#CITEREFHuntEsseryJames2002), pp. 70–71. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHuntEsseryJames200294_2-0)** [Hunt, Essery & James 2002](#CITEREFHuntEsseryJames2002), p. 94. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Kalla-Bishop, P.M. (1986). *Italian state railways steam locomotives : together with low-voltage direct current and three-phase motive power*. Abingdon: Tourret. p. 26. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0905878035](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0905878035). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHuntEsseryJames20029,_11_4-0)** [Hunt, Essery & James 2002](#CITEREFHuntEsseryJames2002), pp. 9, 11. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHuntEsseryJames20029_5-0)** [Hunt, Essery & James 2002](#CITEREFHuntEsseryJames2002), p. 9. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHuntEsseryJames2002101,_note_9_6-0)** [Hunt, Essery & James 2002](#CITEREFHuntEsseryJames2002), p. 101, note 9. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEarnshaw19906_7-0)** [Earnshaw 1990](#CITEREFEarnshaw1990), p. 6. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAves2009146_8-0)** [Aves 2009](#CITEREFAves2009), p. 146. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAves2009157–158_9-0)** [Aves 2009](#CITEREFAves2009), pp. 157–158. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAves2009147_10-0)** [Aves 2009](#CITEREFAves2009), p. 147. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAves2009146–147_11-0)** [Aves 2009](#CITEREFAves2009), pp. 146–147. ## References - Aves, William (2009). *The Railway Operating Division on the Western Front*. Donnington, Lincolnshire: Shaun Tyas. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-900289-993](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-900289-993). - 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). - Earnshaw, Alan (1990). *Trains in Trouble: Vol. 6*. Penryn: Atlantic Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-906899-37-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-906899-37-0). - Hunt, David; [Essery, R.J.](/source/Bob_Essery); James, Fred (2002). *Midland Engines: No. 4 - The '700' Class Double-frame Goods Engines*. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-874103-73-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-874103-73-9). 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 700 Class](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_Railway_700_Class) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_Railway_700_Class?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.