The Joy of Jinties- The 3F 0-6-0Ts of the LMS & BR 1924-1967 Part 2 47340-47459

The well-known LMS ‘Jinty’ 0-6-0Ts originally known as the ‘standard shunting tanks’ came to number over 400, built over the years 1924-1931. The origin of the name is subject to various theories but is lost in antiquity. The Tri-ang model of a Jinty, the famous 47606, was one of the best selling OO scale toy/models of all time and was often the first engine encountered by small boys who went on to enthuse over locomotives and railways for the rest of their lives. The new Jinties flooded across the LMS and through to the middle 1960s could be found labouring daily; pilots at the great stations, from Euston to New Street to Preston to Carlisle, or pottering in remote sidings. There was an endless variety of trip workings and local freights, am-bling the length of a branch or collecting and delivering wagons. They long survived the onset of diesel shunters and were extinguished in 1967. Lest the Jinty be remembered only as a ’shunter’ it can be noted that plenty of passenger work came their way at first.