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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]
North British Loco. 23106 19 September 1924: 10 May 1942: 1 October 1962: Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 27 May 1963. 2569 70 60070 Gladiateur: North British Loco. 23107 September 1924: January 1947: May 1964: Scrapped 2570 71 60071 Tranquil: North British Loco. 23108 September 1924: October 1944: October 1964: Scrapped 2571 72 60072 Sunstar ...
Classic British Steam Locomotives. London: Abbeydale Press. ISBN 9781861471352. "Higher steam pressure on the L. & N.E. Railway". Locomotive, Railway Carriage & Wagon Review (33). 1927. Hind, J.R. The Book of the Railway. London & Glasgow, UK: Collins clear-type press. No Publication date, but certainly around 1935/6
The class was initially allocated to the London Midland Region (45) and the Western Region (20). The last 15 were allocated to the Southern Region.The Southern batch were built with BR1B tenders, which weighed 49.15 long tons (49.94 t; 55.05 short tons), and carried 4,725 imp gal (21,480 L; 5,674 US gal) of water and 7.00 long tons (7.11 t; 7.84 short tons) of coal. [3]
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 ...
Below are the names and numbers of the steam locomotives that comprised the BR Standard Class 7, or 'Britannia' Class that ran on the British Railways network. They represented an attempt to standardise steam design for ease of maintenance and usage.
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