#1005
Midland Railway Class 3 4-4-0
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Derby Works· from 1900· class of 80 British 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Midland Railway Class 3 4-4-0 was a series of 80 steam engines built by the Midland railway at the Derby locomotive works between 1900 and 1905. They were designed for express passenger trains, earlier types not being powerful enough for the new heavier trains. They were the first of that railway's engines to be built new with Belpaire fireboxes, and the engines were generally known as "Belpaires".
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 126 years ago, in 1900.
- Served for 53 years (1900–1953).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1900–1905
- in service from
- 1900
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 80
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Derby Works
- designer
- Samuel W. Johnson
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Midland Railway, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16997764, Wikipedia: Midland Railway Class 3 4-4-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.