LMS Fowler 2-6-2T

LMS Fowler 3P 2-6-2T
British Railways
Power class	LMS: 3P BR: 3MT
Numbers	LMS 15500–15569 → LMS 1–70 (1934) → BR 40001–40070
Withdrawn	1959–1962
Disposition	All scrapped

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Fowler 2-6-2T was a class of steam locomotive. The LMS classified them 3P, BR 3MT. All were built at Derby Works between 1930 and 1932. William Stanier used them to form the basis for the LMS Stanier 2-6-2T, which was essentially a taper boilered version.

Numbering

They were initially numbered 15500–15569, but from 1934 were renumbered 1–70. After nationalisation in 1948

added 40000 on to their numbers to number them 40001–70.

Numbers			Lot Number	Date built
Original	LMS 1934	BR
15500–20	1–21	40001–21	21	1930
15521–49	22–50	40022–50	29	1931
15550–69	51–70	40051–70	20	1932

Variations

Numbers 15520–39 (later 21–40 and 40021–40) were fitted with condensing apparatus to work around London. Some of the non-condensing ones were fitted with vacuum operated pull and push control.

Withdrawal

All were withdrawn between 1959 and 1962. None were preserved.

Table of withdrawals

Year	Quantity in service at start of year	Quantity withdrawn	Locomotive numbers
1959	70	32	40002/04–05/08/13/17/19/21/23/25/27/30/39–40/43–48/52/55–56/58–61/65–69.
1960	38	9	40011–12/14/28/36/41/57/62/70.
1961	29	22	40001/03/07/10/15–16/18/20/29/32–35/37–38/42/49–51/53–54/64.
1962	7	7	40006/09/22/24/26/31/63.

References

External links

• Class 3P-A Details at Rail UK