The

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(LMS) pioneered the use of

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shunting locomotives in

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. The variety of experimental and production

shunters produced by the LMS is summarised below.

5519 renumbered ZM9

This was an

0-4-0 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four coupled wheels, all of which are driven. The wheels on the earliest four-coupled locomotives were ...

diesel mechanical shunting locomotive built by

Hudswell Clarke Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. History The company was founded as Hudswell and Clarke in 1860. In 1870 the name was changed to Hu ...

for the

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in 1930. It was the first diesel locomotive supplied to a major UK railway. It had a McLaren-Benz 2-cylinder engine of at 800 rpm. It was transferred to

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in 1935. It was renumbered ZM9 by

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and survived until 1957.

1831

This was the first experimental,

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shunter, nominally rebuilt from a

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steam locomotive in 1932 (originally built in September 1892 by the

Vulcan Foundry The Vulcan Foundry Limited was an English locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire (now Merseyside). History The Vulcan Foundry opened in 1832, as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches, crossi ...

). The rebuild therefore inherited the same number (1831), although little of the steam locomotive was actually re-used. 1831 was not successful, but it did provide useful data for the further development of the diesel shunter design. It was withdrawn from service in September 1939 and converted to a mobile power unit, emerging in its new guise as MPU3 in November 1940. It was scrapped in the 1950s (sources vary as to exactly when).

7400–7408 later renumbered 7050–7058

A further nine prototype locomotives were built 1932-1935 by a variety of manufacturers. These were built allocated the number series 7400–7408. These were allocated the number series 7400–7408, but the LMSR soon realised that this number range was too limited for the number of production diesel shunters that were anticipated, and a new number series commencing with number 7050 was used. Only 7050–7053/7058 carried their original numbers (7400–7403/7408), and they were all renumbered in November/December 1934, some before they had actually entered service. For detailed information see the main articles: * LMS diesel shunter 7050 *

LMS diesel shunter 7051 LMS diesel shunter 7051 was built by the Hunslet Engine Company to demonstrate its wares. History After public exhibition in February 1932, it was used for trials at a colliery, before being tested by the LMS. After further public exhibitio ...

* LMS diesel shunter 7052 * LMS diesel shunter 7053 * LMS diesel shunter 7054 * LMS diesel shunters 7055/6 * LMS diesel shunter 7057 * LMS diesel shunter 7058

7059–7068

These were 0-6-0 diesel-electric shunters built by

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in 1936.

7069–7129 later renumbered 12000–12042

Details of the four classes allocated numbers in this range are included on other pages, as follows: * 7069–7078 / 12000–12001 : British Rail Class D3/6, twin motor * 7079 / 12002 : British Rail Class D3/6, twin motor * 7080–7119 / 12003–12032 : British Rail Class D3/7, single motor, jackshaft drive * 7120–7129 / 12033–12042 : British Rail Class D3/8 (Later

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Class 11), twin motor NB: Production of the last-mentioned class continued after Nationalisation, with the following two locomotives emerging as M7130 and M7131 (later 12043/12044) and the remainder carrying BR numbers 12045–12138 from new. Although allocated

Class 11, none of these locomotives were renumbered. When 12082 was re-registered for use on the mainline, it was allocated TOPS number 01553 in the ex-industrial registered shunters list.

Departmental 2 later renumbered ED1

This locomotive was very similar to the

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's diesel locomotive number 1.

Trial locomotives

The LMS used a number of locomotives on loan from their manufacturers for trials. These locomotives were not allocated LMS numbers, and details of their use and disposal are sketchy. Such locomotives included: * ''Vulcan'' – a diesel-mechanical

0-6-0 is the Whyte notation designation for steam locomotives with a wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. Historically, this was the most common wheel arrangement used o ...

shunter built at the

, Newton-le-Willows, in 1936. It had a Vulcan-Frichs 6-cylinder diesel engine. After loan to the LMS, it was used by the War Department, which numbered it 75 (later 70075). Following the end of

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, it found industrial use in

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. * (Unnumbered) – an Armstrong-Whitworth/Sulzer shunter built in 1932, which was an earlier version of the LMS's own 7408/7058. This locomotive was also loaned to the

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for trials.

References

* {{LMS Locomotives Diesel Shunters Diesel locomotives of Great Britain