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43106 is the only surviving example of an LMS Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0 Mogul, and is affectionately referred to on the SVR as “The Flying Pig” (often shortened to "The Pig"). It is owned by the Ivatt Class 4 Group.
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43106 in service
The Ivatt Class 4 locomotives were mainly designed for medium freight work but were also widely used on secondary passenger services. They were classified as 4MT by BR. The unusual design with raised running plates led to members of the class being referred to by nicknames such as “Doodlebug” or “Flying Pig”.
Although an LMS design, 43106 was built after nationalisation by BR at the former LNER Darlington Works. The locomotive entered service at South Lynn, Norfolk in April 1951 where it remained for 5 years. Whilst operating in East Anglia it carried Whitaker token exchange apparatus fitted into a "pocket" towards the front of the tender. Most of the tooling to reproduce the apparatus this locomotive carried whilst there has been made.
After closure of the former Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway, 43106 was transferred to Woodford Halse on the former Great Central Railway for a period of six years, before spending the rest of her working life at ex-LMS sheds in the Midlands and North West. Her longest allocation during this time was two years eleven months at Heaton Mersey, from 1963 to 1966. Following a spell of just over a year at Carlisle, she was allocated to her final shed, Lostock Hall, in September 1967.[1] After suffering a minor derailment at Colne in April 1968,[2] 43106 was withdrawn from service in June 1968 after a relatively short working life of 17 years 2 months.[3]
43106 in preservation
43106 was one of the SVR’s early locomotives, arriving ‘light engine’ direct from Lostock Hall in August 1968. It worked services on the official opening day in May 1970, and in 1975 took part in the Rail 150 celebrations at Shildon, travelling there in steam behind 8233. 43106 also hauled several main line railtours during the 1980s.
Her recent overhaul was completed in 2009. A more recent intermediate overhaul saw work carried out on the boiler which allowed a new 10 year certificate to be issued along with a completely new loco dragbox.
Since returning to service, 43106 has been a regular on the SVR as well as appearing at gala events on other heritage railways. In September 2015, 43106 appeared at the LMS themed gala at Barrow Hill, becoming the first of her class to appear at the Roundhouse in half a century.
Sources
- ↑ BRDatabase retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ↑ Nabarro, G (1971), Severn Valley Steam, p71
- ↑ BRDatabase retrieved 27 January 2015.