LMS Rebuilt Patriot Class
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The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), Rebuilt Patriot Class was a class of 4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...

 steam locomotives. They were rebuilt from LMS Patriot Class
LMS Patriot Class
The Patriot Class was a class of 52 express passenger steam locomotives built for the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The first locomotive of the class was built in 1930 and the last in 1934. All of the Patriot class locomotives were withdrawn from service by 1965...

 locomotives over the period 1946-1949.

The Patriot class were the fourth type of LMS 2A boilered 4-6-0,

By the end of 1947, the LMS had rebuilt 8 engines, these being 5514/21/6/9-31/40. After nationalisation

Rebuilt locomotives retained their numbers.

Details

Details of the engines as rebuilt are given below. Note that this only shows LMS numbers as carried by rebuilt engines of the LMS.
LMS No. BR No. Name Rebuilt Withdrawn
5512- 45512 Bunsen Jul-48
5514 45514 Holyhead
Holyhead
Holyhead is the largest town in the county of Anglesey in the North Wales. It is also a major port adjacent to the Irish Sea serving Ireland....

 
Mar-47
5521 5521 45521 Rhyl
Rhyl
Rhyl is a seaside resort town and community situated on the north east coast of Wales, in the county of Denbighshire , at the mouth of the River Clwyd . To the west is the suburb of Kinmel Bay, with the resort of Towyn further west, Prestatyn to the east and Rhuddlan to the south...

 
Nov-46
5522- 45522 Prestatyn
Prestatyn
Prestatyn is a seaside resort, town and community in Denbighshire, North Wales. It is located on the Irish Sea coast, to the east of Rhyl. At the 2001 Census, Prestatyn had a population of 18,496.-Prehistory:...

 
Jan-49
5523- 45523 Bangor
Bangor, Gwynedd
Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, north west Wales, and one of the smallest cities in Britain. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the 2001 census, not including around 10,000 students at Bangor University. Including nearby Menai Bridge on Anglesey, which does not however form part of...

 
Oct-48
5525- 45525 Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay
- Demography :Prior to local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974 Colwyn Bay was a municipal borough with a population of c.25,000, but in 1974 this designation disappeared leaving five separate parishes, known as communities in Wales, of which the one bearing the name Colwyn Bay encompassed...

 
Aug-48
5526 45526 Morecambe and Heysham Feb-47
5527- 45527 Southport
Southport
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. During the 2001 census Southport was recorded as having a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England...

 
Sep-48
5528- 45528 R.E.M.E. (September 1959) Sep-48
5529 45529 Sir Herbert Walker
Herbert Ashcombe Walker
Sir Herbert Ashcombe Walker, KCB was a British railway manager.-Early life:Walker was born in London 15 May 1868. He was educated at the North London Collegiate School and at Bruges.-Career:...

 K.C.B. / Stephenson
Stephenson
Stephenson is a medieval patronymic surname meaning "son of Stephen". The earliest public record is found in the county of Huntingdonshire in 1279. There are variant spellings including Stevenson. People with the surname include:...

 
Jul-47
5530 45530 Sir Frank Ree
Frank Ree
Sir Frank Ree was a British railway manager, General Manager of the London and North Western Railway and the North London Railway from 1909. He was made a knight bachelor in 1913.- Source :...

 
Oct-46
5531 45531 Sir Frederick Harrison
Frederick Harrison
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Frederick Harrison was a British army officer, and railway manager. Engineer and Railway Volunteer Staff Corps. He was made a knight bachelor in 1902....

 
Dec-47
5532- 45532 Illustrious
HMS Illustrious (R87)
HMS Illustrious , the fourth Illustrious of the British Royal Navy, was an aircraft carrier which saw service in World War II, the lead ship of the Illustrious-class of carriers which also included Victorious, Formidable, and Indomitable.-Construction:Illustrious was built by Vickers-Armstrongs at...

 
Jun-48
5534- 45534 E. Tootal Broadhurst
E. Tootal Broadhurst
Sir Edward Tootal Broadhurst, 1st Baronet DL, JP was a British executive, Chairman of the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank; Director of the London and North Western Railway; High Sheriff of Lancashire, 1906–1907...

 
Dec-48
5535- 45535 Sir Herbert Walker
Herbert Ashcombe Walker
Sir Herbert Ashcombe Walker, KCB was a British railway manager.-Early life:Walker was born in London 15 May 1868. He was educated at the North London Collegiate School and at Bruges.-Career:...

 K.C.B.
Sep-48
5536- 45536 Private W. Wood V.C.
Wilfred Wood
Wilfred Wood VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....

 
Nov-48
5540 5540 45540 Sir Robert Turnbull  Oct-47
5545- 45545 Planet
Planet (locomotive)
Planet was an early steam locomotive built in 1830 by Robert Stephenson and Company for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The ninth locomotive built for the L&MR, it was Stephenson's next major design change after the Rocket. It was the first locomotive to employ inside cylinders, and...

Nov-48

Withdrawal

Year No. Withdrawn Nos
1961 2 45514/36
1962 0 -
1963 5 45521/5/8/35/40
1964 8 45522/3/6/7/9/32/4/45
1965 3 45512/30/31


None were preserved.
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