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    Tag: Class Information

    Great Western 0-6-2 Tank Classes cov

    Book Review: Great Western 0-6-2 Tank Engines, Absorbed & Swindon Designed Classes by David Maidment

    This book describes the Great Western Railway’s 0-6-2 tank engines, including those it inherited from railways in South Wales at the 1923 Grouping.
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    Roger Smith 26 March, 2023
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    Official Works Photo of 6400 // Credit Unknown

    LMS Ivatt 2 (2-6-0 and 2-6-2T) steam locomotives – Class Information

    Built to meet the lower power-classed traffic demands of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, the Ivatt Class 2s would not only modernise and improve…

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    Jamie Duggan 13 September, 2019
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    1016 "Inyala" appearing in LNER Apple Green in 1949 // Credit Simon Lathlane

    LNER Thompson B1 Class steam locomotives – Class Information

    Built for mixed traffic duties during the strict conditions of World War 2, the B1s were Thompson’s take on a 4-6-0 2-cylinder general purpose engine.…

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    Jamie Duggan 7 April, 2019
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    4231 at Swindon Works // Credit Unknown

    GWR 42XX, 5205, 5275 and 72XX Classes of steam locomotives – Class Information

    Built for short-distance heavy coal trains, the 4200s and variations played a key part in the transport of Welsh coal. Once exploring the working careers…

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    Jamie Duggan 14 January, 2019
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    498 As Built // Credit A Major

    LSWR/SR S15 Class steam locomotives – Class Information

    Built to haul a variety of freight trains on the London & South Western Railway, the Urie S15s would operate right up to the last…

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    Jamie Duggan 9 December, 2018
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    5637 and 46447 // Credit East Somerset Railway

    GWR 56XX Class steam locomotives – Class Information

    Built to replace older, non-standard types, the 56XXs combined Swindon’s practices with the need for engines on various Welsh lines. After visiting their introduction on…

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    Jamie Duggan 30 October, 2018
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    All Six Surviving A4s on Display // Credit NRM

    LNER A4 Class steam locomotives – Class Information

    Fast, sleek and streamlined, these are some of the best express passenger steam locomotives ever built. This week’s Class Information features a popular class among…

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    Jamie Duggan 30 September, 2018
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    GWR 4900 ‘Hall’ and 6959 ‘Modified Hall’ Class steam locomotives – Class Information

    The Great Western Railway’s 4900 ‘Hall’ Class were the GWR’s most numerous 4-6-0 type engines ever built. They will be the focus of this week’s…

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    Jamie Duggan 7 September, 2018
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    Earl of Merioneth at Porthmadog

    Double Fairlie steam locomotives – Class Information

    This week we turn to a narrow gauge class of steam locomotive for Class Information. This week, we turn to the Double Fairlie’s, which are…

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    Michael Holden 3 August, 2018
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    No. 43924 at Keighley station on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

    MR 3835 / LMS Fowler 4F Class steam locomotives – Class Information

    This week we turn to the Midland 3835 / LMS Fowler 4F Classes, 0-6-0 engines designed for freight work. Once looking at the background of both…

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    Jamie Duggan 14 July, 2018
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