Post-Nationalisation
British Railways continued to build LNER designs (the B1 and L1 classes in particular) immediately after Nationalisation. Remarkably, it even built a new series of shunting locomotives (J72 class) to a pre-Grouping design (of the North Eastern Railway). However, it was to be the Eastern Region that took the first of BR's new Standard locomotives, 70000 'Britannia', for its Great Eastern Main Line workings to Norwich in 1951.
BR built 396 locomotives to ex-LNER designs. One of these, the J72 Class was a North Eastern Railway design dating from 1898.
| Class | Numbers | Power classification | Wheel arrangement | Number Built | Dates Built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peppercorn A1 | 60114-62 | 8P6F | 4-6-2 | 49 | 1948-49 |
| Peppercorn A2 | 60526-39 | 8P7F | 4-6-2 | 14 | 1948 |
| Thompson B1 | 61273-409 | 5MT | 4-6-0 | 136 | 1948-52 |
| J72 | 69001-28 | 2F | 0-6-0T | 28 | 1949-51 |
| Thompson/Peppercorn K1 | 62001-70 | 6MT | 2-6-0 | 70 | 1949-50 |
| Thompson L1 | 67702-800 | 4MT | 2-6-4T | 99 | 1948-50 |
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