Locomotives of the London and North Eastern Railway

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The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) produced several classes of locomotive, mostly to the designs of Nigel Gresley, characterised by a three-cylinder layout with a parallel boiler and round-topped firebox. It produced the most famous locomotive of its day, 4468 'Mallard', the holder of the world steam locomotive speed record. It also built the world-famous 4472 'Flying Scotsman'. However, its locomotive inheritance was much greater than just the 'A4 Class', it also produced highly successful mixed-traffic and freight designs.

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Locomotives of constituent companies

Great Central Railway

Including the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway

Richard Peacock (1846–1854)

W. G. Craig (1854–1859)

Charles Sacré (1859–1886)

ClassWheel
arrangement
QuantityManufacturerDateLNER ClassNotes
1B 2-4-0 51868(none)
4 0-4-0ST 2 Manning Wardle 1883 Y2 Manning Wardle Class H
6B 4-4-0 271877–80 D12
172 0-6-0 11861(none)acquired from the South Yorkshire Railway
15 2-4-0 41865(none)Built for the Sardinian Railway
6C 0-6-0 62 Gorton Works 1880–85 J12
12 2-4-0 10 Gorton Works 1873(none)
12A 2-4-0 281875–85 (none)
12AT 2-4-0T 8 Gorton Works 1881 E8
12AM 2-4-0T 6 Gorton Works 1881(none)rebuild from 12AT
7 0-6-0T 61885 (none)
23 0-6-0 501861-1867(none)
4 0-6-0ST 1 Manning Wardle 1873 J69/1 Acquired 1876
18 0-6-0 681869–73 (none) Twenty rebuilt as tank engine 1902–05
18 Converted 0-6-0ST 201869–71 J58 Rebuilt from tender engines 1902–05
18A 0-6-0 7 Gorton Works 1871(none)
18T 0-6-0ST 411871–81 J59
14 2-2-2 121882-1883(none)

Thomas Parker (1886–1893)

ClassWheel
arrangement
QuantityManufacturerDateLNER ClassNotes
2 4-4-0 25 Kitson & Co. (13)
Gorton Works (12)
1887–1892 D7
3 2-4-2T 391889–1892 F1
6AI 0-6-0 121888 J8
6D 2-4-0 3 Gorton Works 1887 E2
6DB 4-4-0 3 Gorton Works 1888 D8
9 0-6-0 6 Gorton Works 1888–89 J13
9A 0-6-2T 551889–92 N4
9B & 9E 0-6-0 31 Neilson & Co. (25)
? (6)
1891–95 J9
9C & 9F 0-6-2T 1291891–1901 N5 Includes two acquired with Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
9D, 9H & 9M 0-6-0 1241892–1902 J10

Harry Pollitt (1893–1900)

ClassWheel
arrangement
QuantityManufacturerDateLNER ClassNotes
2A 4-4-0 6 Gorton Works 1887–1892 D7
5 0-6-0ST 12 Gorton Works 1897 J62
9G 2-4-2T 10 Beyer, Peacock & Co. 1896 F2
11 4-4-0 6 Gorton Works 1894–95 D5
11A 4-4-0 33 Gorton Works (13)
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (20)
1897–99 D6
15 2-6-0 20 Baldwin Locomotive Works 1899(none)
13 4-2-2 61900 X4

John G. Robinson (1900–22)

see John G. Robinson

ClassWheel
arrangement
QuantityManufacturerDateLNER Class1946 LNER nos.Notes
8C 4-6-0 2 Beyer, Peacock & Co. 1903–04 B1 1479–80later LNER Class B18
1 4-6-0 6 Gorton Works 1912–13 B2 1490–93"Sir Sam Fay" class; later LNER Class B19
9P 4-6-0 6 Gorton Works 1917–20 B3 1494–99"Lord Faringdon" class
8F 4-6-0 10 Beyer, Peacock & Co. 1906 B4 1481–89"Immingham" class
8 4-6-0 14 Neilson & Co. (6)
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (8)
1902–04 B5 1678–90"Fish Engines"
8N 4-6-0 3 Gorton Works 1918–21 B6 1346–48
9Q 4-6-0 38 Gorton Works (23)
Vulcan Foundry (10)
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (5)
1921–23 B7 1360–97Known as both the "Black Pigs" and the "Colliers' Friends"
1A 4-6-0 11 Gorton Works 1913–15 B8 1349–59"Glenalmond" class
8G 4-6-0 10 Beyer, Peacock & Co. 1906 B9 1469–78
8B/8J 4-4-2 27 Beyer, Peacock & Co. (7)
North British Loco. Co. (12)
Gorton Works (8)
1903–06 C4 2900–25
8D/8E 4-4-2 4 Gorton Works 1905–06 C5 2895–98 [1] Three-cylinder compounds
11B/11C/11D 4-4-0 40 Sharp, Stewart & Co. (30)
Vulcan Foundry (10)
1901–04 D9 2300–33
11E 4-4-0 10 Gorton Works 1913 D10 2650–59"Director" class
11F 4-4-0 35 Armstrong Whitworth (12)
Gorton Works (11)
Kitson & Co. (12)
1919–24 D11 2660–94"Improved Director" class
9J 0-6-0 174 Neilson, Reid & Co. (49)
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (25)
Gorton Works (70)
Vulcan Foundry (15)
Yorkshire Engine Co. (15)
1901–10 J11 4280–4453
8K 2-8-0 126 Gorton Works (56)
Kitson & Co. (20)
North British Loco. Co.  (50)
1911–14 O4 3570–3900Another 521 built for the government, of which 276 later came to the LNER. 58 converted to “O1” between 1944 and 1949
8M 2-8-0 19 Gorton Works 1918–21 O5 3902–3920All eventually converted to "O4"
8A 0-8-0 89 Gorton Works (35)
Kitson & Co. (51)
Neilson, Reid & Co. (3)
1902–11 Q4 3200–43, 9925–3713 converted to tanks by LNER (class Q1) 1942–45
9N 4-6-2T 21 Gorton Works 1911–17 A5 9800–2024 more built by LNER 1923–26
9K 4-4-2T 40 Gorton Works (28)
Vulcan Foundry (12)
1903–05 C13 7400–39
9L 4-4-2T 12 Beyer, Peacock & Co. 1907 C14 7440–51
4 0-6-0ST 1 Hudswell Clarke 1909 J69/1 [2] Acquired 1911
5A 0-6-0T 7 Gorton Works 1906–14 J63 8204–10 [3]
1B 2-6-4T 20 Gorton Works 1914–17 L1 9050–69 [4] LNER class L3 from 1945; first standard gauge locomotive of its wheel arrangement in Britain
8H 0-8-4T 4 Beyer, Peacock & Co. 1907–08 S1 9900–05 [2] Two more built by LNER in 1932

There were also 3 steam rail cars built in 1904–1905. These were withdrawn in 1914.

Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway

The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway was absorbed by the Great Central Railway on 1 January 1907. All LD&ECR locomotives were built by Kitson & Co.

ClassWheel
arrangement
QuantityDateLNER ClassNotes
A 0-6-2T 181895–1900N6 [5] LDEC Nos. 1–8, 19–28. Five more that had been ordered were sold by Kitson's to the Hull and Barnsley Railway
B 0-6-0T 41897J60 [6] LDEC Nos. 9–12
C 0-4-4T 61897–1898G3 [7] LDEC Nos. 13–18
D 0-6-4T 91904–06M1 [8] LDEC Nos. 29–34, A1–A3; GCR 1148–1153, 1145–47

Great Eastern Railway

Great North of Scotland Railway

In 1923 the Great North of Scotland Railway passed on a total of 122 locomotives, 100 4-4-0 tender locomotives and 22 tank engines, all capable of being used on either passenger or goods trains, to the LNER. [9]

Locomotive superintendentGNoSR
Class
LNER
class
Quantity
Built
Passed to LNERWheel
arrangement
ManufacturerDate introducedDate withdrawnNotes
William Cowan
(1857–83)
K D47/2 63 4-4-0 Neilson & Co. 18661921–25 [10]
L D47/1 66 4-4-0 Neilson & Co. 18761924–26 [11]
M D45 99 4-4-0 Neilson & Co. 18781925–32 [11]
C D39 33 4-4-0 Neilson & Co. 18791925–27 [11]
James Manson
(1883–90)
A D44 66 4-4-0 Kitson & Co. 18841924–32 [12]
G D48 33 4-4-0 Kitson & Co. 18851928–34 [12]
D J90 66 0-6-0T Kitson & Co. 18841932–36 [13]
E J91 33 0-6-0T Kitson & Co. 18851931–34 [13]
N D46 22 4-4-0 GNSR Kittybrewster18871932–36 [14]
O D42 99 4-4-0 Kitson & Co. 18881935–46 [15]
P D43 33 4-4-0 R. Stephenson & Co. 18901936–38 [16]
Q D38 33 4-4-0 R. Stephenson & Co. 18901931–38 [16]
James Johnson
(1890–94)
R G10 99 0-4-4T Neilson & Co. 18931937–47 [17]
S D41 66 4-4-0 Neilson & Co. 18931947– [18]
William Pickersgill
(1894–1914)
T D41 2626 4-4-0 Neilson & Co. 1895–981946– [19]
V D40 513 4-4-0 Neilson & Co. 1899–19001946–Ten were ordered, five sold to the SE&CR [20]
V D40 8 4-4-0 GNSR Inverurie 1910–151947– [21]
Thomas E. Heywood
(1914–23)
Y Z5 22 0-4-2T Manning Wardle 1915 [22]
XZ5, later Z4 22 0-4-2T Manning Wardle 1915 [22]
F D40 68 4-4-0 North British Loco. Co. 1920Named [23]
F D40 2 4-4-0 GNSR Inverurie 1921Named [23]

Great Northern Railway

Hull and Barnsley Railway

From its formal establishment in 1885 to the time that it was taken over by the North Eastern Railway (NER) in 1922, the CME of the H&BR was Matthew Stirling, who, like his father and uncle, built locomotives with domeless boilers.

ClassWheel
arrangement
QuantityManufacturerDateLNER ClassNotes
A 0-6-0T 12 Beyer, Peacock & Co. 1884
B 0-6-0 20 Beyer, Peacock & Co. 1884
C 2-4-0 10 Beyer, Peacock & Co. 1885
K 0-4-0WT 6 Kitson & Co. 1886–89
B 0-6-0 55 Kitson & Co. (36)
Vulcan Foundry (4)
Yorkshire Engine Co. (15)
1889–1908 J23
G2 0-6-0T 3 R. Stephenson & Co. 1892 J80
F1 0-6-2T 5 Kitson & Co. 1900 N11 Ordered by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway
F2 0-6-2T 9 Kitson & Co. 1901 N12
G3 0-6-0T 16 Yorkshire Engine Co. (6)
Kitson & Co. (10)
1901–08 J75
A 0-8-0 15 Yorkshire Engine Co. 1907 Q10
J 4-4-0 5 Kitson & Co. 1910 D24
L1 0-6-0 10 Kitson & Co. 1911–12 J28
L 0-6-0 5 Yorkshire Engine Co. 1914 J28
LS 0-6-0 5 Kitson & Co. 1915 J28
F3 0-6-2T 10 Hawthorn Leslie 1913–14 N13

Metropolitan Railway

Three classes (the G, H and K Classes) were taken into LNER stock on 1 November 1937. The other former Metropolitan locomotives were retained by London Transport, which had acquired all of them at its formation on 1 July 1933. [24]

ClassWheel
arrangement
QuantityManufacturerDateLNER ClassNotes
A 4-4-0T 40 Beyer, Peacock & Co. 1864–70
B 4-4-0T 20 Beyer, Peacock & Co. 1879–85
C 0-4-4T 4 Neilson & Co. 1891
D 2-4-0T 6 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 1915
E 0-4-4T 7 Hawthorne Leslie (4),
Neasden Works (3)
1896–1901
F 0-6-2T 4 Yorkshire Engine Co. 1915
G 0-6-4T 4 Yorkshire Engine Co. 1915 M2
H 4-4-4T 8 Kerr, Stuart & Co. 1920–21 H2
K 2-6-4T 6 Armstrong Whitworth 1925 L2 Similar to the SECR K Class;
designed by R.E.L. Maunsell

Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway

M&GN locomotives were taken into LNER stock on 1 October 1936.

ClassWheel
arrangement
QuantityManufacturerDateLNER ClassNotes
M&GN Class A 4-4-2T 3Melton Constable Works1904–1910 C17 M&GN Nos. 41, 20, 9
M&GN Class C 4-4-0 40 Sharp, Stewart & Co. (33)
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (7)
1894–1899 D52/D53/D54 LNER class based on firebox variations
M&GN Class D 0-6-0 16 Neilson & Co. (8)
Kitson & Co. (8)
1896-1899 J40/J41 J41 was a rebuilt D Class while J40 was not rebuilt
M&GN Shunting Class 0-6-0T 9Melton Constable Works1897–1905 J93

North British Railway

North Eastern Railway

Locomotives built by the LNER

Gresley designs

ClassWheel
arrangement
QuantityManufacturerDatePost-1946
numbers
Notes
A1 4-6-2 50 Doncaster Works
North British Loco. Co.
1922–2544–83, 103–112Rebuilt as A3's
A3 4-6-2 27 Doncaster Works 1928–3535–43, 84–101
A4 4-6-2 35 Doncaster Works 1935–381–34Streamlined
B17 4-6-0 73 North British Loco. Co. (10)
Darlington Works (52)
R. Stephenson & Co. (11)
1928–371600–1672 [25] Two were streamlined in "A4" style
D49 4-4-0 76 Darlington Works 1927–352700–2775Named after counties & hunts.
J38 0-6-0 35 Darlington Works 19265900–5934
J39 0-6-0 289 Darlington Works (261)
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (28)
1926–414700–4988
K4 2-6-0 6 Darlington Works 1937–391993–1998One later rebuilt by Thompson as K1
P1 2-8-2 2 Doncaster Works 1925
P2 2-8-2 6 Doncaster Works 1934–36501–506later streamlined – all rebuilt as A2/2 during 1943–44
U1 2-8-0+0-8-2 1 Beyer, Peacock & Co. 19259999Garratt – for banking on Worsborough incline
V1 2-6-2T 82 Doncaster Works 1930–397600–768163 later rebuilt as V3
V2 2-6-2 184 Doncaster Works
Darlington Works
1936–44800–983Three-cylinder;
four rebuilt as A2/2 4-6-2's
V3 2-6-2T 10 Doncaster Works 1939-407682–7691+63 rebuilds of V1 – larger boiler development of V1
V4 2-6-2 2 Doncaster Works 19411700–1701Three-cylinder
W1 4-6-4 1 Darlington Works 192910000experimental high pressure locomotive, later rebuilt in "A4" style.

Thompson designs

ImageClassWheel
arrangement
QuantityManufacturerDatePost 1946
numbers
Notes
Walton railay geograph-2259118-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg A1/1 4-6-2 1 Doncaster Works 1945113Rebuild of LNER Gresley Class A1 Great Northern
King's Cross Station geograph-2261732-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg A2/2 4-6-2 6 Doncaster Works 1943-44501–506Rebuilds of Gresley P2 2-8-2
A2/1 4-6-2 4 Darlington Works 1944507–510Derived from Gresley V2 2-6-2 design.
A2/3 4-6-2 15 Doncaster Works 1946–47500, 511–524
Sheffield Victoria new B1 4-6-0 coupled inside another on Up express geograph-2837547-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg B1 4-6-0 274 Darlington Works
North British Loco. Co.
Vulcan Foundry
1942–521000–1273 [26] Another 136 (Nos.61274–61409) built by BR
Thompson B2 4-6-0 at Liverpool Street Station, 1948 - geograph.org.uk - 4426031.jpg B2 4-6-0 9 Doncaster Works 1945–49 [27] Rebuilds of Gresley Class B17
K1 2-6-0 1 Darlington Works 19451997Rebuild of Gresley Class K4 Mogul
K5 2-6-0 1 Doncaster Works 19451841Rebuild of Gresley Class K3 Mogul
O1 2-8-0 58 Gorton Works 1944Rebuilds of Robinson Class O4
Neasden Locomotive Depot geograph-2360083-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg L1 2-6-4T 1 Darlington Works 19457701Another 99 built by BR 1949–50
Q1 0-8-0T 13 Gorton Works 1942–459925–9937Rebuilds of Robinson Class Q4 Tender Engines

Peppercorn designs

ClassWheel
arrangement
QuantityManufacturerDateNumberNotes
A2 4-6-2 1 Doncaster Works 194752514 more built by BR 1948

Another A1, "Tornado" has been built by subscription among LNER (and other) locomotive enthusiasts, and came into service in 2008. In total it cost £3 million. Again under the chairmanship of Mark Allatt, the team is (2014) now raising funds most successfully to build another Gresley P2 2-8-2 of the "Cock O'the North" Class, to be called "Prince of Wales". Both new steam locomotives are the product of a restored railway works in Darlington.

Other designs

Post-Nationalisation

British Railways continued to build LNER designs (the B1 and L1 classes in particular) immediately after Nationalisation. Remarkably, it even built a new series of shunting locomotives (J72 class) to a pre-Grouping design (of the North Eastern Railway). However, it was to be the Eastern Region that took the first of BR's new Standard locomotives, 70000 'Britannia', for its Great Eastern Main Line workings to Norwich in 1951.

BR built 396 locomotives to ex-LNER designs. One of these, the J72 Class was a North Eastern Railway design dating from 1898.

ClassWheel
arrangement
QuantityManufacturerDateNumbersNotes
Peppercorn A1 4-6-2 49 Doncaster Works (26)
Darlington Works (23)
1948-4960114–162
Peppercorn A2 4-6-2 14 Doncaster Works 194860526–539
Thompson B1 4-6-0 136 North British Loco. Co.(106)
Gorton Works (10)
Darlington Works (20)
1948–5261273–409 [26]
J72 0-6-0T 28 Darlington Works 1949–5169001–28 NER Class E1
Thompson/Peppercorn K1 2-6-0 70 North British Loco. Co. 1949–5062001–70
Thompson L1 2-6-4T 99 Darlington Works (29)
North British Loco. Co. (35)
R. Stephenson & Hawthorns (35)
1948–5067702–800

Withdrawal

Withdrawal of ex-LNER locomotives took place throughout the 1960s, with some of the once high-profile 'A4 Class' locomotives ending their lives on heavy freight trains in Scotland; a far cry from the glamorous express workings of the late 1930s.

Preservation

Several of the many LNER locomotives have been preserved. (Numbers given are those currently carried: many locomotives have carried a range of numbers during their active and preserved careers).

ClassWheel
arrangement
NumberNameHome BaseStatus
A4 Pacific 4-6-2 4464 Bittern Crewe LNWR Operational; under overhaul
A4 Pacific 4-6-2 4468 Mallard National Railway Museum Static exhibit
A4 Pacific 4-6-2 60009 Union of South Africa Thornton Yard Static exhibit
A4 Pacific 4-6-2 4489 Dominion of Canada Canadian Railway Museum Static exhibit
A4 Pacific 4-6-2 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin Static exhibit
A4 Pacific 4-6-2 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley North Yorkshire Moors Railway Operational
A3 Pacific 4-6-2 60103 Flying Scotsman National Railway Museum Operational
A2 Peppercorn 4-6-2 60532 Blue Peter Crewe LNWR Operational; under overhaul
B1 Thompson 4-6-0 61264 North Yorkshire Moors Railway Operational
B1 Thompson 4-6-0 1306 Mayflower North Norfolk Railway Operational
D49 Class 4-4-0 249 Morayshire Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway Operational
K4 Class 2-6-0 61994 The Great Marquess Thornton Yard Cracked firebox discovered at visit to NYMR; currently awaiting repair
K1 Thompson/Peppercorn 2-6-0 62005 Lord of the Isles North Yorkshire Moors Railway Operational
V2 Class 2-6-2 4771 Green Arrow National Railway Museum Static Exhibit
Y1 "Sentinel" Class 0-4-0VBT 68153 Middleton Railway Awaiting restoration to working order
D17/1 Class 4-4-0 1621 National Railway Museum Static Exhibit
J27 Class 0-6-0 65894 North Yorkshire Moors Railway Operational; awaiting overhaul
J21 Class 0-6-0 65033 National Railway Museum Static Exhibit: awaiting outcome of funding bid for restoration to steam.
Q6 Class 0-8-0 63395 North Yorkshire Moors Railway Operational; under overhaul
E6 Class 2-4-0 910 National Railway Museum Static Exhibit
E5 Class 2-4-0 1463 Head of Steam, Darlington Static Exhibit
X1 Class (experimental) 2-2-4T 66 Aerolite National Railway Museum Static Exhibit
Y7 Class 0-4-0T 1310 Middleton Railway Operational
Y7 Class 0-4-0T 985 Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Operational; under overhaul [28]
J72 Class 0-6-0T 69023Joem Wensleydale Railway Operational
Q7 Class 0-8-0 901 Head of Steam, Darlington Static Exhibit
C1 Class 4-4-2 251 National Railway Museum, York Static Exhibit
C2 "Klondyke" Class 4-4-2 990 Henry Oakley National Railway Museum Static Exhibit
N2 Class 0-6-2T 4744 Great Central Railway Operational
J52 Class 0-6-0ST 1247 National Railway Museum Static Exhibit
D26 Class 4-4-0 256 Glen Douglas Riverside Museum, Glasgow Static Exhibit
J36 Class 0-6-0 673 Maude Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway Operational; under overhaul
Y9 Class 0-4-0ST 42 Scottish Railway Preservation Society MuseumStatic Exhibit
D40 Class 4-4-0 49 Gordon Highlander Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway Static Exhibit
O4 Class 2-8-0 63601 Great Central Railway Operational; under overhaul
D11 Class 4-4-0 506 Butler-Henderson National Railway Museum Static Exhibit
B12/3 Class 4-6-0 8572 North Norfolk Railway Operational
E4 Class 2-4-0 490 Bressingham Steam Museum Static Exhibit
J15 Class 0-6-0 564 North Norfolk Railway Operational
J17 Class 0-6-0 1217 National Railway Museum Static Exhibit
J69 Class 0-6-0T 87 National Railway Museum Static Exhibit
N7 Class 0-6-2T 1899 National Railway Museum Static Exhibit
Y5 Class 0-4-0ST 229The Flour Mill Locomotive Repair WorkshopAwaiting restoration to working order. Withdrawn in 1921, so it never carried an official LNER number.

† denotes name given only in preservation.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Locomotives of the Great North of Scotland Railway</span>

The locomotives of the Great North of Scotland Railway were used by the Great North of Scotland Railway to operate its lines in the far north-east of the country. The railway opened in 1854 with just five 2-4-0 steam locomotives, and from 1862 it used 4-4-0 exclusively as the wheel arrangement for its tender locomotives. When it expanded by amalgamation in 1866, it inherited some locomotives from these companies. It purchased most of its locomotives, although building a small number itself, two at its first works at Kittybrewster, and ten later at Inverurie Locomotive Works.

The Great Eastern Railway was formed on 1 August 1862, when the Eastern Counties Railway changed its name. The ECR had originally been built to 5 ft gauge, was converted to 4 ft 8+12 instandard gauge in September and October 1844.

The North Eastern Railway was formed by merger in 1854 and merged into the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping in 1923. Between those dates five men held the post of Locomotive Superintendent.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NER Class V</span> Class of 20 British 4-4-2 locomotives

The NER Class V was a class of twenty steam locomotives of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement. They were designed by Wilson Worsdell for the North Eastern Railway (NER) as express passenger locomotives.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NER Class Z</span> Class of 50 British 4-4-2 locomotives, later LNER class C7

The NER Class Z was an Atlantic class of locomotives designed by Vincent Raven. It was introduced in 1911.

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Footnotes

  1. Baxter 1988, pp. 214–215.
  2. 1 2 Baxter 1988, p. 249.
  3. Baxter 1988, pp. 248–249.
  4. Baxter 1988, pp. 247–248.
  5. Baxter 1988, p. 169.
  6. Baxter 1988, pp. 169–170.
  7. Baxter 1988, p. 170.
  8. Baxter 1988, pp. 170–171.
  9. Vallance 1991, p. 164.
  10. Barclay-Harvey 1950, pp. 187–188, 190, 226.
  11. 1 2 3 Barclay-Harvey 1950, pp. 189–190, 192, 226.
  12. 1 2 Barclay-Harvey 1950, pp. 192–193, 226.
  13. 1 2 Barclay-Harvey 1950, pp. 193–194, 227.
  14. Barclay-Harvey 1950, p. 195, 226.
  15. Barclay-Harvey 1950, p. 195, 198, 226.
  16. 1 2 Barclay-Harvey 1950, pp. 197–198, 226.
  17. Barclay-Harvey 1950, pp. 199–200, 227.
  18. Barclay-Harvey 1950, p. 200, 226.
  19. Barclay-Harvey 1950, pp. 201–202, 226.
  20. Barclay-Harvey 1950, p. 204, 226.
  21. Barclay-Harvey 1950, pp. 207, 226.
  22. 1 2 Barclay-Harvey 1950, pp. 208, 227.
  23. 1 2 Barclay-Harvey 1950, pp. 208–209, 226.
  24. Goudie 1990, pp. 46, 55, 59, 63–65.
  25. Boddy et al. 1975, pp. 94–123.
  26. 1 2 Boddy et al. 1975, pp. 124–157.
  27. Boddy et al. 1975, pp. 158–165.
  28. "68088 (LNER 985, LNER 8088 & BR 68088)". Preserved British Steam Locomotives. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

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