Midland Railway 1823 Class

1338 at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire in 1947.

The Midland Railway 1823 Class was a class of twenty 0-4-4T steam locomotives. They had the power classification 1P.

They were built in two batches of 10 each at Derby in 1889 and 1892. They were a development of the 1532 Class. The 1833 Class followed, and confusingly is sometimes grouped into this class.

Under the 1907 renumbering scheme, they were given the numbers 1331-1350. LMS numbers were the same. Seven, numbers 1337/40–42/44/48/50 were inherited by BR in 1948. In March 1948 they were allocated the numbers 58052–8 to create space in the ex-LMS numbering series for Ivatt Class 2 tank locomotives. All were withdrawn and scrapped.

References

• An Illustrated Review of Midland locomotives Volume 3 - Tank Engines by R.J.Essery & D.Jenkinson ISBN-10 0906867665, ISBN-13 9780906867662