The LMS Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0 is a class of steam locomotive primarily designed for medium freight work but also widely used on secondary passenger services.
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) ordered 162 of this type between 1947 and 1952, but only three were built by the LMS before nationalisation in 1948. Designed by George Ivatt, they were classified 4F by the LMS and 4MT by British Railways (BR).
43001 at Bletchley Station
No. 43014 stood at Ashchurch, July 1949
No. 43121 passing Clapham Stewarts Lane, February 1958
No. 43049 at Birmingham New Street, October 1959
Henry George Ivatt, known as George Ivatt, was the post-war Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. He was the son of the Great Northern Railway locomotive engineer Henry Ivatt. George Ivatt was born in Dublin, Ireland, and educated at Uppingham School, England. He married Dorothy Sarah Harrison (1881-1962) in 1913.
LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0
Northern Counties Committee WT Class loco no 4
LMS 10000 at Cricklewood in 1948