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Peter Drummond, who took up the office of Locomotive Superintendent in 1911, began to depart from the established style of design which Kilmarnock had become known for, and the 131 and its superficially identical counterpart, the 137, were evident of that. Indeed, these engines did resemble his older brother, Dugald's designs and could very well fit in milling about around Eastleigh. A total of 12 engines of both types were built, 6 by North British in 1913 and another 6 at Kilmarnock between 1914 and 1915. The 131s were originally used along the Clyde Coast to Glasgow, but due to the fact that they were the heaviest British 4-4-0s ever built, as well as their poor performance, low speed, and difficulty handling gradients, they were transferred to the more level Ayr-Glasgow line in 1916. When production of the 137s began in 1914, they were fitted with superheaters and feed water heaters. Upon Grouping, the LMS classified them both as 3P and got what use it could out of them before withdrawing them all between 1934 and 1937, with none being preserved.

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I was going to put this with something else but I never could figure out what.

Peter Drummond, who took up the office of Locomotive Superintendent in 1911, began to depart from the established style of design which Kilmarnock had become known for, and the 131 and its superficially identical counterpart, the 137, were evident of that. Indeed, these engines did resemble his older brother, Dugald's designs and could very well fit in milling about around Eastleigh. A total of 12 engines of both types were built, 6 by North British in 1913 and another 6 at Kilmarnock between 1914 and 1915. The 131s were originally used along the Clyde Coast to Glasgow, but due to the fact that they were the heaviest British 4-4-0s ever built, as well as their poor performance, low speed, and difficulty handling gradients, they were transferred to the more level Ayr-Glasgow line in 1916. When production of the 137s began in 1914, they were fitted with superheaters and feed water heaters. Upon Grouping, the LMS classified them both as 3P and got what use it could out of them before withdrawing them all between 1934 and 1937, with none being preserved.