Midland Railway 483 Class
The Midland Railway 483 Class 4-4-0 was a class of steam locomotive designed by Samuel W. Johnson for passenger work on the Midland Railway. This design formed the basis for the later LMS Class 2P 4-4-0. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway seems to have inherited three batches of these locomotives and some of them passed into British Railways ownership in 1948.Numbering
- BR numbers 40332-40397 originally built 1882-1891, some rebuilt from 1910 onwards
- BR numbers 40400-40562 originally built 1891-1901, all rebuilt between 1912 and 1923
- BR numbers 40322-40326 built for Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway 1914-1921 and taken into LMS stock in 1930
Note: two of the above number series contain gaps so the totals do not tally.Rebuilding
On rebuilding, the Stephenson valve gear was retained but the following changes were made:
