#2829
LMS Rebuilt Patriot Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Unknown builder· from 1946· class of 18 British 3-cylinder 4-6-0 locomotives rebuilt with taper boilers
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Leyland 3 railway station 2093568 337956a7: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), Rebuilt Patriot Class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives. They were rebuilt from LMS Patriot Class locomotives (which were the fourth type of LMS 2A boilered 4-6-0 locomotives) over the period 1946–1949. By the end of 1947, the LMS had rebuilt seven engines, these being 5514/21/26/29–31/40.
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 80 years ago, in 1946.
- Served for 19 years (1946–1965).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1946
- in service from
- 1946
- retired
- 1965
- status
- retired
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459134, Wikipedia: LMS Rebuilt Patriot Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.