LMS Class 2MT 2-6-2T No. 41313

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) No. 41313 is a 2-6-2T LMS Class 2MT tank engine preserved at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.
==Operational history==
No. 41313 was one of a batch of twenty engines built by British Railways (BR) at Crewe Works in May 1952. It entered service at Brighton in May 1952 and after a month was reallocated to Exmouth Junction shed, displacing Drummond M7 tanks on local passenger work in the Exeter area. In April 1953 it was moved to Three Bridges shed in West Sussex, but was there for only a matter of weeks before being transferred to Faversham, Kent.
In November 1959 No. 41313 was sent to Eastleigh Works for a general repair and was subsequently reallocated to Barnstaple. In 1963 it returned to Brighton where work included passenger turns to Horsham and Guildford, shunting, parcels trains, and hauling the ‘Lancing Belle’ workmen’s train to Lancing Carriage Works. In May 1964 it was sent to its final BR home, Eastleigh. 
No. 41313 was withdrawn from service in June 1965 and was sold to the Woodham Brothers for scrap.
==Preservation==
No. 41313 resided at the scrapyard until it was purchased by the The Ivatt Locomotive Trust in 1975. It was moved to the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton Road, and was initially intended to act as a source of spare parts for its sibling engine No. 41298, which was also owned by the trust.
After an assessment of the engine's condition, it was eventually decided that it should be restored to working order. The trustees choose to move their collection to the Isle of Wight starting with No. 41313 in August 2006. Once there it was placed into storage until work on its restoration could begin.
In 2014 No. 41313 underwent an extensive overhaul at the East Somerset Railway which allowed it to return to steam in 2017. It has remained in regular service at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway ever since.
==Trivia==
*No. 41313 is one of four surviving examples of the LMS Class 2MT 2-6-2T left in preservation.
==Gallery==
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