Class 3P-C locomotive, No.40726, of Rotherham Canklow M.P.D., Shed No.19C, and built by the Midland Railway, Derby Locomotive Works, in 1902, is seen here, departing Platform No.1, at Sheffield Midland Station, on 24/08/1952. The locomotive is working the outward leg of the joint, Stephenson Locomotive Society and Manchester Locomotive Society, Hull and Barnsley Rail Tour from Manchester to Cudworth. The locomotive was to work the return leg, back to Manchester, later on during the Rail Tour.
Built by the Midland Railway, Derby Locomotive Works, to unknown works number, in 1902, as Midland Railway Class 3, and delivered, new, to an unknown motive power depot, in December 1902, where it acquired the Midland Railway number, No.816. The locomotive is recorded as being allocated, at Canklow M.P.D., (Shed No.19C), on 20/04/1943. The locomotive would be transferred, on loan, from Canklow M.P.D., (Shed No.19C), to Kettering M.P.D., (Shed No.15B), on 26/07/1947, returning back to its home depot, on 25/10/1947. The locomotive would remain at Canklow M.P.D., (Shed No.19C), until withdrawn from service there, on 06/09/1952, being the last Class 3P locomotive to be withdrawn from operational service. It is reported that the locomotive was scrapped at British Railways’, Derby Locomotive Works shortly following withdrawal. The locomotive was renumbered, as No.726, in 1908, by the Midland Railway, and again, renumbered, as No.40726, by British Railways, in September 1948.
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