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LNER Gresley "D49" Class 4-4-0
Class Types
LNER Class |
D49 |
General
Designer |
Sir Nigel Gresley |
Introduced |
1927 |
Grouping Company |
London and North Eastern Railway |
Description (1957) |
Class D49/1. Gresley 3-cylinder 6'8" 4-4-0 passenger engines with Walschaert's valve gear. Named after counties and known as the 'Shire' class.
Class D49/2, a variation of the 'Shire' class above, with Lentz poppet valves. Familiarly known as the 'Hunt' class.
Class D49/4. Formerly class D49/2, but rebuilt in 1942 with two inside cylinders. No other engines of the class were so treated, the solitary example being withdrawn from service in 1952. |
Wheel Arrangement |
4-4-0 |
Number Built as D49 |
76 |
First in Service |
29/10/1927 |
Last in Service |
03/07/1961 |
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