LMS Patriot Class

The Patriot Class was a class of 52 express passenger steam locomotives built for the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The first locomotive of the class was built in 1930 and the last in 1934. The class was based on the chassis of the Royal Scot combined with the boiler from Large Claughtons earning them the nickname Baby Scots. A total of 18 were rebuilt to create the LMS Rebuilt Patriot Class between 1946 and 1948; thereafter those not subjected to rebuilding were often referred to as the Unrebuilt Patriot Class. These remaining 34 unrebuilt engines were withdrawn between 1960 and 1962.

Overview

The first two were rebuilt in 1930 from the 1912-built LNWR Large Claughton Class, retaining the original driving wheels with their large bosses, the "double radial" bogie truck and some other parts. Of the subsequent 50 locomotives of the class 40 were nominal rebuilds of Claughtons, being in fact new builds classified as rebuilt engines so that they could be charged to revenue accounts, rather than capital. The last ten were classified as new builds.
The two former Claughtons retained their original numbers until 1934, when they were renumbered 5500–1. The 40 built as replacements took the numbers of the Claughtons that they replaced; these were renumbered 5502–41 in 1934. The remainder of the class were allocated nos. 6030–9, but were numbered 5542–51 from new. The numbering of the similar LMS Jubilee Class continued on from where the Patriots left off. This was because 5552–5556 were ordered as Patriots but built with taper boilers as Jubilees on the orders of Sir William Stanier.
Naming of the class was somewhat erratic. Some retained old Claughton names, whilst others continued the military associations of the names Patriot and St Dunstans, and 13 carried names of holiday resorts served by the LMS. Seven remained unnamed, although they had been allocated names in 1943.
Many of the 52 members of the Patriot Class spent the bulk of their working careers in England, primarily on the West Coast Main Line. Most of them were stationed at the Crewe North and Carlisle Upperby, though a few were stationed at Edge Hill, Bushbury, Camden, Willesden, Carlisle Kingmoor and other locations in the area. They were primarily used as express engines, but were later tasked with occasional mixed traffic work once the diesel engines arrived on the network.

Rebuilding

Between 1946 and 1949, eighteen members were rebuilt with Stanier 2A boiler, cab and tender, though again these were largely paper rebuilds, based on the LMS Rebuilt Royal Scot Class. Seven had been rebuilt by the start of 1948 when British Railways inherited the remaining 45 Baby Scots. In March 1948 BR added 40000 to their numbers to number them 45500–13/15-20/2-5/7/8/32-9/41-51. Subsequently, BR rebuilt another 11, so that the rebuilt engines were 5512/14/21–23/25–32/34–36/45. The two original members of the class, and the first ten of the nominal rebuilds, were not rebuilt due to their non-standard parts.

Details

Note some never received BR numbers as unrebuilt engines because they were rebuilt by the LMS. In the table below BR numbers for BR-rebuilt engines are given, but some engines may not have received BR numbers while in an unrebuilt condition as renumbering took several years.

Pre- 1934 LMS No.	Post 1934 LMS No.	BR No.	Name	Built	Works	Rebuilt	Withdrawn	Notes
5971	5500	45500	Croxteth Patriot		Derby
5902	5501	45501	Sir Frank Ree St. Dunstans		Derby
5959	5502	45502	Royal Naval Division		Crewe
5985	5503	45503	The Leicestershire Regiment The Royal Leicestershire Regiment.		Crewe
5987	5504	45504	Royal Signals		Crewe
5949	5505	45506	The Royal Army Ordnance Corps		Crewe
5974	5506	45506	The Royal Pioneer Corps		Crewe
5936	5507	45507	Royal Tank Corps		Crewe
6010	5508	45508			Crewe			Fitted with stovepipe chimney in 1956.
6005	5509	45509	The Derbyshire Yeomanry		Crewe
6012	5510	45510			Crewe
5942	5511	45511	Isle of Man		Crewe
5966	5512	45512	Bunsen		Crewe		March 1965
5958	5513	45513			Crewe			1943 name allocated: Sir W.A. Stanier.
5983	5514	n/a	Holyhead		Crewe		May 1961
5992	5515	45515	Caernarvon		Crewe
5982	5516	45516	The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.		Crewe
5952	5517	45517			Crewe
6006	5518	45518	Bradshaw		Crewe
6008	5519	45519	Lady Godiva		Crewe
5954	5520	45520	Llandudno		Derby
5933	5521		Rhyl		Derby		September 1963
5973	5522	45522	Prestatyn		Derby		September 1964
6026	5523	45523	Bangor		Crewe		January 1964
5907	5524	45524	Sir Frederick Harrison Blackpool		Crewe
5916	5525	45525	Colwyn Bay		Derby		n/a
5963	5526	n/a	Morecambe and Heysham		Derby		n/a
5944	5527	45527	Southport		Derby		n/a
5996	5528	45528			Derby		n/a
5926	5529	n/a	Sir Herbert Walker K.C.B.		Crewe
6022	5530	n/a	Sir Frank Ree		Crewe			Name transferred from 5501.
6027	5531	n/a	Sir Frederick Harrison		Crewe			Name transferred from 5524.
6011	5532	45532	Illustrious		Crewe		n/a
5905	5533	45533	Lord Rathmore		Derby
5935	5534	45534	E. Tootal Broadhurst		Crewe		-	Name transferred from 5525.
5997	5535	45535	Sir Herbert Walker K.C.B.		Derby		n/a	Name transferred from 5529.
6018	5536	45536	Private W. Wood V.C.		Crewe		n/a
6015	5537	45537	Private E. Sykes V.C.		Crewe
6000	5538	45538	Giggleswick		Crewe
5925	5539	45539	E. C. Trench		Crewe
5901	5540	n/a	Sir Robert Turnbull		Crewe		n/a
5903	5541	45541	Duke of Sutherland		Crewe
	5542	45542			Crewe
	5543	45543	Home Guard		Crewe
	5544	45544			Crewe
	5545	45545			Crewe			-
	5546	45546	Fleetwood		Crewe
	5547	45547			Crewe
	5548	45548	Lytham St. Annes		Crewe
	5549	45549			Crewe			1943 name allocated: R.A.M.C.
	5550	45550			Crewe			1943 name allocated: Sir Henry Fowler
	5551	45551			Crewe			Replica of original engine under construction. Replica to be named "The Unknown Warrior", original engine never named.