Midland Railway 1377 Class

Midland Railway 1377 Class
41804 at Staveley Ironworks, August 1963
Power type	Steam
Designer	Samuel W. Johnson
Builder	Derby Works (165), Vulcan Foundry (20)
Build date	1878
Total produced	185
Configuration	0-6-0
Gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Locomotive weight	39.55 long tons (40.18 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Boiler pressure	175 psi (1,210 kPa)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	17 × 24 in (430 × 610 mm)
Tractive effort	15,005 lbf (66.75 kN) or 16,080 lbf (71.5 kN)
Class	1377

The Midland Railway 1377 Class is a class of steam locomotive. They were introduced in 1878 by Samuel W. Johnson based on an earlier 1874 design. Up to 1891, 185 were built: 165 by Derby Works and the last 20 by the Vulcan Foundry.

Most were built with half-cabs, hence their nickname "half-cabs", though about 40 were built with full cabs. Originally they were built with round-topped fireboxes, but many later received Belpaire fireboxes. They were given the power classification 1F.

Withdrawals began in 1928, five years after the Midland had been absorbed into the LMS. In 1932, the frames of 1831 were used for LMS diesel shunter 1831.

Eighty-seven locomotives passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and they were numbered 41660-41895 (with gaps).

Withdrawals continued and by 1961 only 11 remained. Five stayed in use until 1965, however, because of a contract signed by the Midland in 1866 to provide shunting engines to Staveley Ironworks for 100 years.

Preservation

One of the Staveley engines, 1418 (renumbered 1708 by the Midland Railway in 1907, and 41708 by British Railways), has survived to preservation at Barrow Hill Engine Shed. Before Barrow Hill this engine was preserved on the Midland Railway - Butterley, the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway the Swanage Railway respectively.