The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) D49 Class is a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley. They were named after fox hunts and shires. One, 246/62712 Morayshire has been preserved on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway.

The D49/3s were built with two 6-feed mechanical lubricators, and the D49/2s were built with two 8-feed lubricators. Much of the initial design work on the D49/1s was performed by Chief Locomotive Draughtsman, R.J. Robson at Darlington, and included a mixture of Darlington and Doncaster practices.

Below are the names and numbers of the steam locomotives that comprised the LNER Class D49, that ran on the London and North Eastern Railway network. The class names came from English and Scottish counties for the early locomotives, and fox hunts for the later locomotives.

4 天之前 · Built by the LNER at Darlington Works in 1928. Designed by Nigel Gresley. Now in the ownership of National Museums of Scotland. No.246 “Morayshire” at Eastfield 1929. (Note Westinghouse pump) More information on the D49 Hunt/Shire class.

The Botanic Gardens D49s included two brand new D49/2s. These were the first brand new locomotives that the LNER allocated to this shed. During the 1930s, the D49s typically hauled seven to ten coach trains on moderate length (50-100 mile) journeys. The D49s were ideally suited to these duties, and they found plenty of such work in the NE Area.

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) D49 Class is a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley. They were named after fox hunts and shires. After the grouping of Britain’s railways in 1923 the London and North Eastern, in common with the other amalgamated companies found...

Lists the various Hunts and their locations, that were used for names of the D49/2 locomotives

2025年3月18日 · The LNER Class D49 locomotives were designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for intermediate express work on lines where the A1 Pacifics were forbidden. There were three subclasses: D49/1 had Walschearts valve gear, D49/2 had lentz rotary cam valve gear and D49/3 had Lentz oscilating cams actuated by Walschearts.

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) D49 Class is a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley for express passenger services. The piston valve D49/1 locomotives were named after counties, and all but three ended in "-shire".

British Railways inherited 397 pre-Grouping 4-4-0s locomotives from the LNER. In addition to these, the LNER built 34 4-4-0s to existing designs and 76 three-cylinder D49 s.