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London Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally ...

(LMS), Rebuilt Patriot Class was a class of

4-6-0 A 4-6-0 steam locomotive, under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, has four leading wheels on two axles in a leading bogie and six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles with the absenc ...

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. They were rebuilt from

LMS Patriot Class The Patriot Class was a class of 52 express passenger steam locomotives built for the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The first locomotive of the class was built in 1930 and the last in 1934. The class was based on the chassis of the Roy ...

locomotives (which were the fourth type of

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locomotives) over the period 1946–1949. By the end of 1947, the LMS had rebuilt seven engines, these being 5514/21/26/29–31/40. After nationalisation, a further eleven locomotives were rebuilt. Rebuilt locomotives retained their numbers.

Rebuilding

Between 1946 and 1949 eighteen

engines were rebuilt with Stanier 2A boiler, cab and tender, though these were largely paper rebuilds, based on the

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. Seven (Nos 5514/21/6/9-31/40) had been rebuilt by the start of 1948 when British Railways inherited them. In March 1948 BR added 40000 to their numbers to number them 45514/21/6/9-31/40. Subsequently, BR rebuilt another 11 of the Patriots, so that the rebuilt engines were (4)5512/14/21–23/25–32/34–36/45. The two original members of the class, and the first ten of the nominal rebuilds, were not rebuilt due to their non-standard parts.

Details

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Details of the engines as rebuilt are given below. Note that this only shows LMS numbers as carried by rebuilt engines of the LMS.Rail UK British Railway Steam Engines
Rail UK. Accessed 6 April 2012.

Withdrawal

45528 ''R.E.M.E.'' in November 1962, stored just prior to withdrawal. The rebuilt Patriots were withdrawn between 1961 and 1965 in accordance with the BR Modernisation Plan and none were preserved.

Models

Mainline produced a model. Hornby produced a model.

References

* {{LMS Locomotives 7 Patriot 4-6-0 locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1946 Scrapped locomotives Rebuilt locomotives Passenger locomotives