LNER Class D49

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.

Sub-classes

• D49/1 Introduced 1927 with Walschaerts and, Gresley conjugated valve gear with 8-inch (203 mm) piston valves
• D49/2 Introduced 1928 with Lentz rotary-cam poppet valves
• D49/3 Introduced 1928 with Lentz oscillating-cam poppet valves

Names and numbers

Accidents and incidents

• On 3 January 1931, locomotive No. 2758 Northumberland was hauling a passenger train that was derailed at Carlisle, Cumberland due to excessive speed through a curve. Three people were killed.^[1]
• In July 1958, locomotive No. 62703 Hertfordshire ran into the turntable pit at Bridlington, Yorkshire and rolled into its side.^[2]

Images

62712 Morayshire before preservation at Hawick.

D49/2 Hunt 62757 The Burton in early British Railways colours during 1948

References

1. ↑ Hall, Stanley (1990). The Railway Detectives. London: Ian Allan. p. 97. ISBN 0 7110 1929 0. 
2. ↑ Hoole, Ken (1983). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 39. ISBN 0 906899 07 9. 

• Boddy, M. G.; Brown, W. A.; Fry, E. V.; Hennigan, W.; Manners, F.; Neve, E.; Tee, D. F.; Yeadon, W. B. (April 1968). Fry, E. V., ed. Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., Part 4: Tender Engines—Classes D25 to E7. Kenilworth: RCTS. pp. 86–113. ISBN 0-901115-01-0. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to LNER Class D49.

• D49 Hunt/Shire page on the LNER Encyclopedia