Midland Railway Paget locomotive

Paget
The only known official photograph of the Paget locomotive is this official portrait.
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Cecil Walter Paget Builder Midland Railway Derby Works Build date 1908
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-6-2  • UIC 1′C1′ n8 Leading dia. 3 ft 3+1⁄2 in (1,003 mm) Driver dia. 5 ft 4 in (1,626 mm) Trailing dia. 3 ft 3+1⁄2 in (1,003 mm) Wheelbase Coupled: 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) Locomotive: 31 ft 4 in (9.55 m) Adhesive weight 59 long tons 6 cwt (132,800 lb or 60.3 t) 59 long tons 6 hundredweight (60.3 t; 66.4 short tons) Loco weight 74 long tons 10 cwt (166,900 lb or 75.7 t) 74 long tons 10 hundredweight (75.7 t; 83.4 short tons) Boiler pressure 180 lbf/in2 (1.24 MPa) Cylinders 8 single-acting Cylinder size 18 in × 12 in (457 mm × 305 mm)
Performance figures Tractive effort 18,590 lbf (82.69 kN)
Career Operators Midland Railway Numbers 2299 Locale United Kingdom Scrapped 1918

The Midland Railway's Paget locomotive, No. 2299, was an experimental steam locomotive constructed at its Derby Works in 1908 to the design of the General Superintendent Cecil Paget (though Richard Deeley was Locomotive Superintendent at the time). As the Midland shrouded the locomotive in secrecy, there is only one known official photograph, which was not released until after The Grouping of 1923.