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The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS [a]) was a British railway company.It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act 1921, [1] which required the grouping of over 120 separate railways into four.
In addition to its own builds, the LMS still owned locomotives inherited from various constituent companies: the Caledonian Railway (CR), Furness Railway (FR), Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR), Highland Railway (HR), London and North Western Railway (LNWR), London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LT&SR), Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR), Midland Railway (MR), and North London ...
The Midland shaped the subsequent LMS locomotive policy until 1933. Its locomotives (which it always referred to as engines) followed a corporate small engine policy, with numerous class 2F, 3F and 4F 0-6-0s for goods work, 2P and 4P 4-4-0s for passenger work, and 0-4-4T and 0-6-0T tank engines.
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Karrier Ro-Railer was a British experimental road-rail bus built by Karrier in 1931. Its road registration was UR7924. Its road registration was UR7924. Based on a Karrier Chaser bus with Cravens bodywork, it could run on the road on tyres or on standard gauge track.
LMS Stanier 65' "QL" (BR "RFO") First Class Vestibule Diner No.7511 built at Wolverton 1934, Diagram 1902, Lot 734. In 1929 partially-simplified lined Crimson Lake livery. At Highley, Severn Valley Railway, 03/12 First Class interior (seen through the window glass) of LMS Stanier 65' "QL" (BR "RFO") First Class Vestibule Diner No.7511
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All passed into London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) ownership on the grouping of 1923, becoming the LMS's only Atlantic tender engine class. The LMS gave them the power classification 2P. Withdrawals started in 1926, and the last was withdrawn in 1934. None were preserved. These were free-running engines capable of high speeds.
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) introduced a number of railcars to service between 1933 and 1939. Most were single units but one was a three-car articulated set. Leyland Single units