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LMS Patriot Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Derby Works· from 1930· class of 52 British 3-cylinder 4-6-0 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 45501 at Stafford, 1954: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. LMS 'Patriot' 4-6-0 entering Manchester Victoria railway station 2093405 f54a59c7: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Patriot Class is 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. The class was based on the chassis of the Royal Scot combined with the boiler from Large Claughtons earning them the nickname Baby Scots.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 96 years ago, in 1930.
- 18.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1930–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1930–1934
- in service from
- 1930
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 52
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Derby Works, Crewe Works
- designer
- Sir Henry Fowler
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 18.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459121, Wikipedia: LMS Patriot Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.