Midland Railway 1252 Class

The Midland Railway 1252 class was a class of thirty 0-4-4T locomotives built by Neilson and Company in 1875–1876 to the design of Samuel Waite Johnson. They were a development of the 6 Class. Originally numbers 1262–1281 and 1252–1261. Under the Midland Railway's 1907 renumbering scheme they became 1236–1265.

Construction history The Midland used nominal diameter driving wheels for this class, whereas in all later engines (starting with the 1532 Class) they used nominal diameter wheels. They were given the power classification 1P.

+ Table of orders and numbers Original No. 1907 (& LMS) No. Manufacturer Works Nos. Year Notes 1262–1274 1236–1246 Neilson & Co. 2038–2050 1875 1280–1281 1247–1248 Neilson & Co. 2051–2052 1876 1252–1261 1254–1265 Neilson & Co. ? – ? 1876 1275–1279 1249–1253 Neilson & Co. ? – ? 1876

Service history All but one locomotive passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) at the 1923 grouping; and nine, Nos 1239/46/47/49/51/52/55/60/61 were still in LMS stock at the end of 1947 and passed to British Railways (BR). BR allocated them numbers 58030–58038, though only three 58033/36/38 received them before withdrawal. All members of the class were withdrawn and scrapped by 1954.

+ Table of withdrawals Year Quantity inservice atstart of year Quantitywithdrawn Locomotive numbers Notes 1920 30 1 1245 1925 29 1 1248 1926 28 1 1254 1927 27 2 1243, 1264 1928 25 1 1256 1929 24 2 1244, 1265 1930 22 2 1237, 1262 1931 20 1 1257 1932 19 3 1241, 1242, 1250 1934 16 2 1236, 1259 1935 14 1 1238 1936 13 1 1263 1937 12 1 1258 1945 11 1 1240 1946 10 1 1253 1948 9 1 1262 1949 8 3 1239, 1246, 1247 1950 5 4 1251, 1252, 58036, 58033 1954 1 1 58038

References

Further reading Bob Essery and David Jenkinson An Illustrated Review of Midland Locomotives vol 3 Bob Essery and David Jenkinson An Illustrated History of LMS Locomotives vol 4