ntroduced to service as D212 in May 1959 and the third of the production
series to be delivered, 'Aureol' was officially named in 1960. By 1974
when the locomotive was re-numbered 40012 under TOPS...
The LMS 'Coronation' Class were an enlarged
and improved version of William Stanier's earlier LMS 'Princess Royal'
Class, and on test were the most powerful steam locomot...
Number 58 'Tiger' was the sister engine to 'Lion', one of a plethora of
locomotives named after animals as became the norm for the fledgling
L&MR. Like its sister engine, 'Tiger' was designed ...
The Castle Class was designed by Charles Collett, the successor to
legendary GWR engineer George Jackson Churchward. In truth, Castle Class
is nothing more than a nickname owing to most examples o...
Built between 1962 and 1968, the Class 47
Co-Co Diesel-Electric locomotive was once the most numerous class of
mainline diesel in Britain with 512 examples. 310 locomotiv...
The Castle Class was designed by Charles Collett, the successor to
legendary GWR engineer George Jackson Churchward. In truth, Castle Class
is nothing more than a nickname owing to most examples o...
The first reference to 10000's designation as Class W1 was on 9 November
1926, but where the widely adopted name of 'Hush-Hush' came from is
disputed. It could be that the nickname arose in the la...
Up to the outbreak of war in 1939, and during the war years, 10000 worked mainly on Kings Cross main line duties and with its power and smooth riding it was a popular engine with the LNER's drivers, t...
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2007 'Prince of Wales' is based on the 2001 ‘Cock O’ the North’,
featuring improved design from the A1 ‘Tornado’, including the boiler
and pony truck design.
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