An unidentified 8F with a coal train (a typical duty) in 1966.

48392 and 48216 at Water Orton.

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The London Midland and Scottish Railway's 8F class 2-8-0 heavy freight locomotive is a class of steam locomotive designed for hauling heavy freight. 852 were built between 1935 and 1946 as a freight version of William Stanier's successful black five, and the class saw service overseas during the Second World War. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 531 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,097 × 1,393 pixels, file size: 414 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Please see the file description page for further information. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 531 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,097 × 1,393 pixels, file size: 414 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Please see the file description page for further information. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Water Orton is a village on the River Tame, West Midlands in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 597 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (636 × 639 pixels, file size: 30 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) © John Griffiths From http://britishrailways. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 597 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (636 × 639 pixels, file size: 30 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) © John Griffiths From http://britishrailways. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ... A Chinese-built 2-8-0 on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI, April 26, 2004. ... One of the last mainline steam locomotives built in the UK: British Railways Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 no. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir William Arthur Stanier F.R.S. (27 May 1876 - 27 September 1965) was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. ... A black five in preservation The London Midland and Scottish Railways Stanier class 5 4-6-0, almost universally known as a black five is a class of steam locomotive. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

Background

LMS freight traction was poor, the adoption of the Midland Railway's small engine policy had left it with trains double-headed by underpowered 0-6-0s supplemented by inadequate Garratts and Fowler 7F 0-8-0s. William Stanier was brought in from the Great Western Railway to solve this motive power crisis. Stanier would have been familiar with G.J. Churchward's freight 2800 Class of 2-8-0s of which he copied the 8F design from. This article is about the historical British railway company. ... The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Garratt was a class of Garratt 2-6-0+0-6-2 steam locomotive designed for heavy freight. ... The LMS Class 7F 0-8-0 was an update of the LNWR Class G2 0-8-0. ... In the Whyte notation for the wheel arrangement of locomotives (primarily steam locomotives), an 0-8-0 is a locomotive with eight powered driving wheels (thus four powered axles), and neither leading wheels or trailing wheels. ... Sir William Arthur Stanier F.R.S. (27 May 1876 - 27 September 1965) was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... George Jackson Churchward - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 2818 at National Railway Museum, York with the Mallard in the background The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2800 Class is a class of steam locomotive designed for heavy freight work. ... A Chinese-built 2-8-0 on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI, April 26, 2004. ...

Incorporating two-cylinder arrangement of the black fives. They were initially classified 7F, but this was later changed to the more familiar 8F.

On the outbreak of the Second World War, the design was chosen to become the country's standard freight design, reprising the role the GCR 8K Class had in the Great War. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Great Central Railway (GCR) Class 8K 2-8-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed for heavy freight. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

Construction

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Service

The War Department had 208 built by Beyer Peacock and North British Locomotive Company and requisitioned 51 more. Many saw service overseas in Egypt, Turkey (TCDD 45151 Class), Iraq, Palestine and Italy (FS Class 737). By 1943 however, it was decided to build a cheaper version and this resulted in the WD Austerity 2-8-0. During the war the LNER ordered 68 for own use classifying them O6 and examples were also built at Swindon. 39 returned to Britain at the end of the war and 666 entered British Railways service. The War Department was the United Kingdom government department responsible for the supply of equipment to the armed forces of the United Kingdom and the pursuance of military activity. ... Beyer-Peacock Locomotive manufacturer with factory in Manchester from 1854 untill 1966. ... The North British Locomotive Company (NBL) was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow companies; Sharp Stewart, Neilson Reid and Dübs and Company creating the largest locomotive building company in Europe. ... Expropriation is the act of removing from control the owner of an item of property. ... One of two 8Fs preserved in Turkey is TCDD No. ... This article is about the geographical area known as Palestine. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 90537 at Annesley, 17 May 1964. ... The London and North Eastern Railway or LNER was the second-largest of the Big Four railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. ... Swindon railway works was built by the Great Western Railway in 1840 in the town of Swindon in the English county of Wiltshire. ... British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system, from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ...

The British examples were withdrawn over the period 1962-1968. Some however continued to work in Turkey into the 1980s. Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ...

Preservation

Preserved 48151.

Eleven LMS/BR locomotives have been preserved, and an eighth member of the class has been repatriated from Turkey. In addition, several Turkish Railway (TCCD) locomotives have been preserved in Turkey, and at least one locomotive is believed to exist in Iraq. The complete list is shown below. Two more are also visible underwater on the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,048 × 1,536 pixels, file size: 591 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) From w:en: LMS 2-8-0 Class 8F no. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,048 × 1,536 pixels, file size: 591 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) From w:en: LMS 2-8-0 Class 8F no. ... The SS Thistlegorm was British armed Merchant Navy ship built in 1940 by Joseph Thompson & Son in Sunderland, England. ...

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See Also

• SS Thistlegorm

The SS Thistlegorm was British armed Merchant Navy ship built in 1940 by Joseph Thompson & Son in Sunderland, England. ...

In fiction

• Poppa from Starlight Express is based on the 8F.
• Bignose from Thomas and Friends is based on the 8F.

Starlight Express is a rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Richard Stilgoe (lyrics), with later revisions by Don Black (lyrics) and David Yazbek (music and lyrics for the 2nd US tour, though much of his contribution was removed for the UK tour after Andrew Lloyd Webber saw it... Thomas & Friends (formerly Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) is a British childrens television series which was first broadcast in 1984. ...

External links

• The Stanier 8F Locomotive Society