LMS Route: Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street

LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Tamworth

Saltley Shed: mrsalt979a

Close up of image 'mrsalt979' showing LMS 4P 4-4-0 No 1078 after it had been coaled and now stands ready to take on water. To the right stands LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 3926 and LMS 5MT 4-6-0 No 4981 beneath Saltley's Coaling Tower. Built by Derby works in November 1924 No 1078 one of the many was Compound locomotives built by the LMS and remained in service until August 1958 when it was withdrawn from Saltley shed.The 4F was built by Derby works in 1920, No 3926 remained in service until August 1959 when it was withdrawn from Barrow Road shed in Bristol. The 'Black Five' was built by Crewe works in July 1946 and it remained in service until January 1967 when it was withdrawn from 6D Shrewsbury shed.

In total one hundred and ninety five locomotives were built by the LMS in addition to the forty-five locomotives of the 1000 class, on which they were based, built by the Midland Railway. The most obvious difference between the classes was the driving wheel diameter, which was reduced from 7 ft 0 inches on the MR locomotive to 6 ft 9 inches on the LMS version. The LMS considered their power classification to be 4P which was continued by British Railways. The LMS numbered their locomotives sequentially after the Midland Railway's numbering of 1045 to 1199 and, when they ran out of numbers, started in the lower block of 900 to 39. After nationalisation in 1948 British Railways added 40000 to the numbers so they became 40900 to 40939 and 41045 to 41199.

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