title: Midland Counties Railway Locomotives
text: # Midland Counties Railway Locomotives
  
  Midland Counties Railway Locomotives. In its short life, the Midland Counties Railway bought nearly fifty steam locomotives from a number of manufacturers. Initially, outside-cylindered engines were ordered because of the frequency of crank axle breakage with inside cylinders. However, one of the sub-committee delegated to order the motive power, Theodore Rathbone, was an admirer of the Bury engines used on the London and Birmingham Railway, and all further orders were for inside-cylindered locos. The initial delivery of engines had 11-inch cylinders, but, being found to be short of power, further orders were for engines with 13-inch cylinders.
  
  ## Builders
  
  ### Butterley Company
  
  Butterley Company, Derbyshire
  
  * 1. Ariel 2-2-2 built 1839 Driving wheels 5'0" diameter, Cylinders 11x16 (outside)
  
  (renamed Bee in 1841)
  
  * 2. Hercules 2-2-2 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 13x18 (outside)
  
  Ariel hauled one of the inaugural trains from Nottingham to Derby, following Sunbeam. Nevertheless, the Butterley locos would not appear to have been satisfactory, since the railway refused to pay for them until the end of 1841.
  
  ### Jones, Turner and Evans
  
  Jones, Turner and Evans, Newton-le-Willows
  
  * 4. Sunbeam 2-2-0 built 1839 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 5. Wizard 2-2-0 built 1839 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 6. Hecate 2-2-0 built 1839 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  
  Four coupled:
  
  * 46. Fox 0-4-2 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'0" diameter, Cylinders 13x20
  * 47. Rob Roy 0-4-2 (? 2-2-2) 1839 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 13x18
  
  ### Stark and Fulton
  
  Stark and Fulton, Glasgow
  
  * 3. Hawk 2-2-0 built 1839 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 9. Vulture 2-2-0 built 1839 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 10. Eagle 2-2-0 built 1839 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  
  ### Edward Bury and Company
  
  Edward Bury and Company, Liverpool
  
  * 7. Lion 2-2-0 built 1839 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 8. Tiger 2-2-0 built 1839 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 11. Leopard 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 12. Panther 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 13. Reindeer ' 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 14. Antelope 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 15. Unicorn 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  
  Leopard hauled the inaugural train from Nottingham to Leicester
  
  * 16. Cerberus 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 13x18
  * 17. Caliban 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 13x18
  * 18. Basilisk 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 13x18
  * 19. Phantom 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 13x18
  * 35. Vizier 2-2-0 built 1841 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 13x18
  * 36. Vandal 2-2-0 built 1841 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 13x18
  * 37. Siren 2-2-0 built 1841 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 13x18
  * 38. Sultan 2-2-0 built 1841 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 13x18
  
  Four Coupled
  
  * 42. Buffalo 0-4-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'0" diameter, Cylinders 13x18
  * 43. Bloodhound 0-4-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'0" diameter, Cylinders 13x18
  * 44. Mastiff 0-4-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'0" diameter, Cylinders 13x18
  * 45. Mammoth 0-4-0 built 1841 Driving wheels 5'0" diameter, Cylinders 13x18
  
  ### Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company
  
  Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company, Patricroft
  
  * 20. Lightning 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 21. Lucifer 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 22. Hurricane 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 23. Firebrand 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 24. Rainbow 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 25. Sirocco 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 39. Wolf 2-2-2 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'0" diameter, Cylinders 14x18
  
  (presumably bought as a freight engine)
  
  ### William Fairbairn & Sons
  
  William Fairbairn & Sons, Liverpool
  
  * 40. Harlequin 0-4-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'0" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  
  (renamed Shark in 1842/3)
  
  * 41. Ganymede 0-4-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'0" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  
  ### Benjamin Hick and Sons
  
  Benjamin Hick and Sons, Bolton
  
  * 26. Dragon 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 27. Scorpion 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 28. Hornet 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 29. Wivern 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 30. Vampire 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 31. Lynx 2-2-0 built 1840 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 12x18
  * 32. Centaur 2-2-0 built 1841 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 13x18
  * 33. Hydra 2-2-0 built 1841 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 13x18
  * 34. Harpy 2-2-0 built 1841 Driving wheels 5'6" diameter, Cylinders 13x18
  
  ## Contractors locomotives
  
  Vivid, which opened the line from Leicester to Rugby, was a contractor's locomotive.
  
  