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(MR) 3835 Class is a class of 0-6-0

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designed for freight work. The first two were introduced in 1911 by

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. After the

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in 1923, the designs were slightly modified and continued to be built up to 1941 by the LMS as the

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History

A total of 197 engines were built. 192 of them were sequentially numbered 3835–4026 for the Midland Railway. After nationalisation in 1948

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added 40000 to their numbers so they became 43835–44026. Five engines were constructed by

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for the

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in 1922, numbered 57–61. They were absorbed into LMS stock in 1930, becoming 4557–4561.

Accidents and incidents

*On 19 November 1926, locomotive No. 3980 was one of two hauling a freight train. One of the private owner wagons disintegrated, derailing the train at ,

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. A signal post was partly brought down, obstructing an adjacent line. The carriages of an express passenger train had their sides ripped open by the signal post. Eleven people were killed. *On 6 March 1930, locomotive No. 4009 was hauling a ballast train that was in collision with a passenger train, hauled by Ex-

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No. 5971, at station,

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. The passenger train had departed from against signals. Two people were killed and four were seriously injured.

Withdrawal

The 197 engines in this class were withdrawn between 1954 and 1965 as follows:

Preservation

British Railways Midland Region Class 4F 43924 Oxenhope

One Midland-built 4F, (4)3924 is preserved on the

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, the first locomotive to leave

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in September 1968.

Models

Bachmann Branchline Bachmann Branchline is a British OO gauge model railway brand manufactured by Bachmann Europe PLC, a subsidiary of Bachmann Industries, and is used for British outline OO scale model railways. Bachmann, a US company founded in 1835, was purchas ...

3835 Class in OO gauge, which was also adapted into

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model. Hornby introduced a OO gauge model of 3924 in 2022 to celebrate the film "Return of the Railway Children" which featured this locomotive. The model is in a variation of LMS unlined black.

References

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External links

Class 4F-B Details
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