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The steam locomotives of British Railways were used by British Railways over the period 1948–1968. The vast majority of these were inherited from its four constituent companies, the " Big Four ". In addition, BR built 2,537 steam locomotives in the period 1948–1960, 1,538 to pre-nationalisation designs and 999 to its own standard designs.
Steam Locomotives Number & Name Wheel Arrangement Image Current Location Notes/Status No. 244 Ellesmere: 0-4-0 WT: National Museum of Scotland: Built in 1861 by Hawthorns and Company of Leith, for Howe Bridge Colliery until 1957, being the oldest working steam locomotive at the time. On display. [48] [49] [50]
Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) List of GWR standard classes with two outside cylinders; Locomotives of the Great Western Railway; GWR 1661 Class; GWR 1813 Class; GWR 1854 Class; GWR 3001 Class; GWR 3511 class; GWR Charles Tayleur locomotives; GWR Haigh Foundry locomotives; GWR Hurricane locomotive; GWR Mather, Dixon ...
Steam locomotives based at the Bluebell Railway (4 P) Pages in category "Preserved steam locomotives of Great Britain" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
LNER A1 No. 2553 waiting to be named Prince of Wales by the Prince of Wales in 1926. Below are the names and numbers of the steam locomotives that comprised the LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3, that ran on the Great Northern (GNR) and latterly the London and North Eastern Railway network.
The Standard Steam Locomotives of British Railways. David & Charles. ISBN 0715383841. A Detailed History of BR Standard Steam Locomotives, - Vol 2 - The 4-6-0 and 2-6-0 Classes. RCTS ISBN 0-901115-93-2; British Railways. Standard Locomotive Diagrams (PDF). British Railways Board. p. 2 (per pdf). {}: |work= ignored
Preserved locomotives Number & Name Tender Attached Chimney Fitted Built Withdrawn Service life Home Base Owner Livery Status Image Notes 75014 "Braveheart" BR2A Single Nov 1951 Dec 1966 15 years, 30 days Dartmouth Steam Railway: Dartmouth Steam Railway BR Lined Black, Early Emblem Operational. Boiler ticket expires: 2026 [4] 75027 May 1954 Aug ...
This article lists the wide variety of locomotives and multiple units that have operated on Great Britain's railway network, since Nationalisation in 1948. British Rail used several numbering schemes for classifying its steam locomotive types and other rolling stock, before settling on the TOPS computer system in the late 1960s. TOPS has ...