LMS Fowler Class 3F

The Fowler 3F 0-6-0T, universally known as the Jinty, was a class of steam tank locomotives built for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway as the ultimate development of the Midland Railway's six-coupled tank engines. The design was based on Henry Fowler's rebuilds of the Midland 2441 Class of 1899, with a Belpaire firebox and improved cab. A total of 422 were built between 1924 and 1931 at Horwich Works and by private firms including Bagnall, Beardmore, Hunslet, North British and Vulcan Foundry. In 1939 they were first chosen as the standard War Department shunting locomotive, but the Hunslet Austerity was preferred. Withdrawals began in 1959, the last five survived until 1967, and nine have been preserved. The Jinty appears in The Railway Series and in the video game Transport Tycoon.