The London, Midland and Scottish Railway took delivery of a total of 50 locomotives. The engines were concentrated on a small number of sheds including Shrewsbury (4A), Crewe South (5B), Mold Junction (6B) and Toton (18A). As a result, they saw restricted usage on parts of the LMS network, mostly working on the Southern sections. No.2415 was a standard American Locomotive Company (ALCO) engine and has been depicted in wartime condition. It was subsequently sent to Germany and worked from the Koblenz-Lutzel shed, before finally moving to Hungary with MAV and becoming 411.290.
Tooling variations
- GWR lamp irons
- Straight strap smokebox door fitted with GWR lamp iron
- Westinghouse air pump
- Pipework mounted behind chimney
- Straight running boards
- Right hand drive with pole reverser and original pattern firehole door
- Standard wartime tender
- Boiler-mounted ejector pipe fitted
- Livery Black (satin) with U.S.A. on tender.
- Manufacturer- ALCO, Schenectady, 1942
- Shed allocation and region - Newport Ebbw Junction (NPT), GWR
- Date of model- December 1942
- Two factory-fitted speakers, one in the loco and another in the tender.
- Dual LED firebox glow with dynamic fire draw effect.
- Twin flywheel motor.
- Detachable loco-to-tender connection.
- Pickups fitted on both the loco and tender.
- 21-pin DCC Decoder socket fitted.