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The Midland Railway 115 Class is a class of 4-2-2 steam locomotive, nicknamed "Spinners". They were designed by Samuel Waite Johnson and a total of 15 of the class were built between 1896 and 1899. They were capable of reaching speeds of up to 90 miles per hour (145 km/h).

Fertigungsgeschichte

Die fünfzehn Lokomotiven der Klasse wurden in zwei Serien, beide bei den Derby Works, gebaut.

Tabelle mit Bestellungen und Nummern

Ursprüngliche Nummer	Nummer nach dem Schema 1907 (& LMS)	Derby Works Order No.	Jahr	Anmerkungen
115–119	670–674	1474	1896–97
120, 121, 123–128, 130, 131	675–684	1659	1899

Service history

It was quite common for this class of engine to pull a typical Midland express weighing Vorlage:Convert which suited the Class 115 perfectly. Given a dry rail they could maintain a tight schedule with Vorlage:Convert. Speeds up to 90 mph were not uncommon and the sight of their whirring huge driving wheels earned them the nickname "Spinners". Thanks to the Midland's practice of building low powered locomotives and relying on double-heading to cope with heavier trains many enjoyed working lives of up to 30 years. They made ideal pilot engines for the later Johnson/Deeley 4-4-0 classes.

Renumbering

In the Midland Railway 1907 renumbering scheme, they were assigned numbers 670–684. During World War I most were placed in store but, surprisingly, pressed into service afterwards as pilots on the Nottingham to London coal trains. Twelve locomotives survived to the 1923 grouping, keeping their Midland Railway numbers in London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) service. Nevertheless, by 1927 only three of the class remained, with the last engine, 673 (formerly 118) being withdrawn in 1928 and preserved.

Table of withdrawalsVorlage:Sfn

Year	Quantity in service at start of year	Quantity withdrawn	Locomotive numbers	Notes
1921	15	2	675, 684
1922	13	1	681
1925	12	2	674, 676
1926	10	8	670–672, 677, 678, 680, 682, 683
1928	2	2	673, 679

Erhaltung

No. 673 ist die einzige Überlebende ihrer Klasse. It was steamed around 1976–1980 when it took part in the Rainhill Trials 150th cavalcade but is currently a static exhibit in the National Railway Museum in York.

Gallery

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  Caption: "A Jubilee Year Record-Maker. Midland Railway No. 116."
  In 1897, no 116 (shown here in photographic grey) reached a speed of 90 mph while under full load, at that time the highest recorded speed in the UK.

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  Preserved No 673 in Midland Railway crimson lake livery at the Rocket 150 celebration in Rain­hill in May 1980.

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  Model of No 117. Note the differences to No 673, both in con­struc­tion (smokebox door, hand­rail) and livery (base of smokebox red lined with yellow; boiler bands picked out in yellow; springs red lined with yellow; wheel spokes red; different lining on tender sides; number, coat of arms and MR initials in different locations.

Weblinks

Commons: Midland Railway 115 Class – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien

Literatur

• Bertram Baxter: David Baxter (Hrsg.): British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Band 3A: Midland Railway and its constituent companies. Moorland Publishing Company, Ashbourne, Derbyshire 1982, ISBN 9780903485524.
• Peter Herring: Classic British Steam Locomotives, Abbeydale, Enderby 2000, ISBN 1-86147-057-6
• H.C. Casserley, Stuart W. Johnston: Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish. Ian Allan, Shepperton, Surrey 1974, ISBN 0-7110-0554-0.
• R. J Essery, D. Jenkinson: An Illustrated Review of Midland Locomotives, Volume 2: Passenger tender classes. Wild Swan Publications, Didcot 1988, ISBN 0-906867-59-2.

Einzelnachweise

0115 Category:4-2-2 locomotives Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1896 Category:Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain

Vorlage:UK-steam-loco-stub Category:Passenger locomotives

Kategorie:Dampflokomotive Achsfolge 2A1 Kategorie:Triebfahrzeug (Vereinigtes Königreich)