The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Fowler 3F 0-6-0T is a class of steam locomotive, often known as 'Jinty'. They represent the ultimate development of the Midland Railway's six-coupled tank engines. Design of this class was based on rebuilds by Henry Fowler of the Midland Railway 2441 Class introduced in 1899 by Samuel Waite Johnson. These rebuilds featured a Belpaire firebox and improved cab.
422 Jinties were built between 1924 and 1930; this class was just one of the Midland designs used on an ongoing basis by the LMS. The locomotives were built by the ex-L&YR Horwich Works and the private firms Bagnall's Beardmores, Hunslet, North British and the Vulcan Foundry.
British Railways numbers were the LMS numbers prefixed with '4'. Numbers 47478, 47479, 47480, 47481, 47655 and 47681 were fitted for push-pull train .working
Due to their large numbers, late withdrawals and renowned performances, nine of these engines (plus a spare set of frames and a boiler from 47564) have been preserved. They are most suited to a further working life and many were restored within years of leaving the scrap heap. Today only 47445 and 47564 have never steamed beyond their old BR days. 16407 was built in 1926 by the North British Locomotive Company.
An engine of this type can be seen in the Rev. W. Awdry's The Railway Series book 'The Eight Famous Engines'. The character's name was 'Jinty', and came from the "Other Railway" (aka British Railways) to help out when the main engines went on a journey to England.
Many thanks also to Wikipedia for some of the above notes, other additions and pictures are of course by me
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