The North Eastern Railway Class D (later

London and North Eastern Railway The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated from 1 January 1923 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948. At tha ...

(LNER) Class H1) was a class of 4-4-4T three-cylinder

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in 1913. They were used for rural passenger services. Forty five were built in total; a first batch of twenty, then a further twenty five after the War. Between 1931 and 1936, all of the LNER H1 class were rebuilt with a

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wheel layout and re-classified as A8. They were

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ped between 1957 and 1960.

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