M&GN Class C

The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Class C was a class of 4-4-0 steam tender locomotives. The joint railway, formed in 1893, owned too few locomotives and borrowed from its two co-owners, so the Midland Railway locomotive superintendent Samuel Waite Johnson designed a 4-4-0 specifically for it, much in common with the Midland 1808 class. Twenty-six were built by Sharp, Stewart and Company in 1894, seven more followed in 1896 and a final seven came from Beyer, Peacock and Company in 1899, making 40. Replacement boilers varied, and under the London and North Eastern Railway they were reclassified D52, D53 and D54 by boiler type. All 40 were gone by January 1945, and none was preserved.