The Midland Railway 990 class was a class of
4-4-0
4-4-0, in the Whyte notation, denotes a steam locomotive with a wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles (usually in a leading bogie), four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels.
First built in the ...
steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, Fuel oil, oil or, rarely, Wood fuel, wood) to heat ...
with simple expansion. Ten were built by the
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 in rail transport, 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had ...
in 1907–1909. They shared many features with the
1000 class compounds. Initially built as saturated, from 1910 to 1914 they were equipped with
superheated
A superheater is a device used to convert saturated steam or wet steam into superheated steam or dry steam. Superheated steam is used in steam turbines for electricity generation, in some steam engines, and in processes such as steam reforming. ...
boilers. These locomotives were notable for their work north of Leeds, over the difficult Settle and Carlisle route.
Accidents and incidents
:
*On 2 September 1913, locomotive No. 993 was hauling a stalled express passenger train that was involved in a collision with another express at
Ais Gill,
Westmorland
Westmorland (, formerly also spelt ''Westmoreland''R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British IslesVision of Britain/ref>) is an area of North West England which was Historic counties of England, historically a county. People of the area ...
due to the latter
passing signals at danger. The other train was hauled by
Midland Railway Class 2 4-4-0
The Midland Railway Class 2 4-4-0 was a series of 12 classes of 4-4-0 steam locomotives built by and for the Midland Railway between 1876 and 1901 while Samuel Waite Johnson, Samuel W. Johnson held the post of Chief mechanical engineer, locomotiv ...
No. 446. 16 people were killed and 38 were injured.
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Withdrawal
They passed to the
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 London and North Eastern Railway, LNER, Great Western Railway, GWR and Southern Railway (UK), SR. The London, Midland an ...
(LMS) in 1923 and were withdrawn between 1925 and 1929. In 1926, the eight surviving locomotives were renumbered 801 to 809 to free up their old numbers for more compounds. None were preserved, though the first of the compounds was.
See also
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Locomotives of the Midland Railway
The Locomotives of the Midland Railway (which it always referred to as engines), followed its small engine policy. The policy was later adopted by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, and contrasted with the London and North Western Railwa ...
References
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4-4-0 locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1908
Standard-gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain
2′B n2 locomotives
2′B h2 locomotives
Scrapped locomotives
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