LMS 8F

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This mod adds the LMS Stanier class 8F & tender to the game, a 2-8-0 heavy freighter from 1935, it has a total tractive effort of 32,440lbf (144. 30kN)

There are 3 liveries available, WD Black, WD Grey and WD Photographic

WD Black & Grey spawn naturally, WD Photographic can be obtained by painting the locomotive into its demonstrator paint!

NOTES:

As was common for British engines, this locomotive does not have electricity.

This locomotive is left hand drive

IRL this locomotive featured an "automatic blowdown" as such, there is no blowdown valve inside the cab, a fictional valve has been added on the left side of the loco just above the rear most wheel.

Check images tab on this page for location of external controls

This loco has no headlights, as per the real loco, if you want some, please check out the LMS Lamps mod!

In game specifications:

Coal Capacity: 9000 kg

Water Capacity: 18,1884 L

Top speed: 120kmh

Refer to the locomotive catalogue for more specific information

Some history:

The LMS 8Fs were one of the most numerous locomotives ever built in the UK, the design came about to introduce a new standard heavy freight engine for the London-Midland-Scottish Railway (LMS) under the new Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME), Sir William Stanier.

The first of the class would be built in 1935, with the original LMS number of 8000. just over 200 would be built by 1939 when the outbreak of WW2 occurred.

At the outbreak of the war, the LMS 8F was picked to be the "preferred type" for use in the European theatre by the War Department (WD), delivery began in 1940 with number 300.

the WD in total would order 208, with a further 245 being ordered by the Railway Executive Committee.

Production of the locomotives would slow down in 1943 when the cheaper WD Austerity 2-8-0 was introduced, despite this, a total of 852 would be built.

Their wartime service would see them go as far as the Middle East, with many being located around Egypt and Türkiye.

They were well liked by their crews, being hard working, capable machines that could handle any of the freight duties they were placed on.

By the end of the war, many returned to the UK, however several would be obtained by the nation they were serving in, with examples operating as part of the Turkish  Egyptian, Greek and Iranian railways, along with others.

The ones that returned to the UK would be