Final drive was by double reduction gears of 11.1:1 ratio and jackshafts.
[2] These locomotives were similar in appearance to LMS 7080–7119 (which became British Rail Class D3/7) although the internal equipment was different.
They started work in 1936 and were allocated to Crewe South (7059–7063) and Kingmoor (7064–7068).
All ten locomotives were requisitioned by the War Department in 1940–1941 and some were sent abroad to France, the Netherlands, Belgium or Egypt.
The four sent to Egypt were numbered MEF19–MEF22 (MEF = Middle East Forces) but, in 1944, they were re-numbered 70019–70022.
[3] History of the locomotives during, and after, World War II is complex, because they were so widely scattered.
It is necessary to describe them individually:[4] Served in France and Belgium.
This presumably means it was dumped in the Suez Canal so it might still be there, although it would be heavily corroded.
Used at Cairnryan Military Railway and Bicester Depot.
Lent to Central Electricity Generating Board and used at Hams Hall Power Station 1966.
Given unofficial name "Ubique" (Latin for "everywhere" and the motto of the Corps of Royal Engineers).
Taken into Egyptian State Railways stock c. 1954 as number 4022.