Steam Railway Locomotives of Great Britain that proudly carried the name "Malta" from 1901 to 1961 Many locomotives in the British Isles were given names by the railway companies, these names were often commemorating famous people, places, buildings, warships and in the case of the following were named after countries that had a British connection. It is interesting to note that the locomotives of The Malta Railway (1883 - 1931) never carried names. |
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY |
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Great Western Railway, Atbara Class. Designed by G.J. Churchward. |
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Railway Company GWR |
Loco No. 3407 |
Name MALTA |
Class Atbara |
Type 4-4-0 |
Built Swindon September 1901 |
Withdrawn November 1908 |
Great Western Railway, "City" Class. Designed by G.J. Churchward. |
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Railway Company GWR |
Loco No. 3707 |
Name MALTA |
Class City |
Type 4-4-0 |
Built Swindon November 1908 |
Withdrawn April 1929 |
Rebuilt from 'Atbara' class locomotive number 3407 November 1908. |
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LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY |
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London & North Western Railway, "George V" Class. Designed by C.J. Bowen Cooke. |
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The same locomotive numbered 5358 in London, Midland and Scottish Railway livery |
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Railway Company L&NWR |
Loco No. 2177 |
Name MALTA |
Class George V |
Type 4-4-0 |
Built Crewe July 1911 |
Withdrawn November 1936 |
The London & North Western Railway (L&NWR) became The London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923. |
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Locomotive 2717 was renumbered 5358 by the LMS in October 1927. |
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The Nameplates "Malta" were removed in September 1936. |
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LONDON MIDLAND & SCOTTISH RAILWAY |
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London Midland & Scottish Railway, "Jubilee" Class. Designed by William Arthur Stanier *. |
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The same locomotive in British Railways livery. |
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Railway Company LMS |
Loco No. 5616 |
Name MALTA |
Class Jubilee |
Type 4-6-0 |
Built Crewe August 1934 |
Withdrawn January 1961 |
Locomotive 5616 was Built at Crewe on 16th August 1934 and was named "MALTA" on 6th August 1936, she was renamed "MALTA G.C. on 23rd October 1943. She originally ran coupled to a High Sided Straight Tender but by the time she was named "MALTA" she has a standard Fowler tender as seen in the pictures. |
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* William Arthur Stanier was Knighted in 1943 and became Sir William Stanier. |
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The London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) became The British Railways, London Midland Region (BR LMR) on January 1st 1948 |
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Locomotive 5616 was renumbered 45616 in September 1948 by British Railways. |
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Information regarding the Jubilee class reproduced from the website The Jubilee locomotives of the LMS by kind permission of Simon Robinson. |
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Graphics by Alan Edwards 2001 and 2002. |