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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.
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.
Shortly after the LMS was formed in 1923, it developed a new numbering scheme for all the locomotives that it had inherited. The scheme dealt with two key problems faced by the new company: There were many locomotives with the same number, as each of the constituent companies had used a series starting at number 1
A passenger coach that is disconnected from a train without the train having to stop. While the train continued on its route, the slip coach would be guided and stopped by a guard on board using the coach's own brake mechanism. This practice was almost entirely limited to the United Kingdom and was discontinued in the 1960s. [23]: 339 [92] Spinner
The format of these numbers is xxxyyy, where xxx is the class number and yyy the unique identifier for that locomotive or unit. All locomotive classes have unique identifiers that commence at xx001, except classes 43 (High Speed Train power cars, originally classified as multiple-unit vehicles), 97 and 98 (departmental and steam locomotives).
In terms of locomotive taxonomy, the LMS had a tendency to lump classes together (e.g. Sentinels, diesel shunters, ex-Midland 0-4-4Ts), but for clarity these have been split into subclasses where appropriate. NB: This list is currently under construction. The power classification given is the LMS power classification.
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A train reporting number in Great Britain identifies a particular train service. It consists of: It consists of: A single-digit number, indicating the class (type) of train, followed by