Midland Railway 990 Class

Midland Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway

ClassMR: 990Power class4PNumbers990–999 (801–809 from 1926)Withdrawn1925–1929DispositionAll scrapped

The Midland Railway 990 class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive with simple expansion. Ten were built by the Midland Railway 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 boilers. These locomotives were well-known for their work North of Leeds, over the demanding 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 due to the latter passing signals at danger. The other train was hauled by Midland Railway Class 2 4-4-0 No. 446. 16 people were killed and 38 were injured.^[1]

Withdrawal

They passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923 and were withdrawn between 1925 and 1929.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 have survived into preservation, though the first of the compounds has.

Table of withdrawals^[2]
Year	Quantity in service at start of year	Quantity withdrawn	Locomotive numbers
1925	10	1	990
1926	9	1	994
1927	8	2	807
1928	6	4	802, 803, 805, 806
1929	2	2	808, 809

References

^ *Gerard, Malcolm; Hamilton, J. A. B. (1981) [1967]. Trains to Nowhere. London: Georg Allen & Unwin. pp. 22–25. ISBN 0-04-385084-7.
^ Baxter 1982, p. 176.

Baxter, Bertram (1982). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923. Vol. 3A: Midland Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. ISBN 9780903485524.
Casserley, H. C. & Johnston, Stuart W. (1974) [1966]. Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0554-0.