Locomotives Inherited From Constituent Companies
A wide variety of locomotives was acquired from the four major constituent companies. These had generally standardised their own designs. See:
- Locomotives of the Great Western Railway
- specifically List of GWR locomotives as of 31 December 1947
- Locomotives of the Southern Railway
- specifically List of Southern Railway locomotives as of 31 December 1947
- Locomotives of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- specifically List of LMS locomotives as of 31 December 1947
- Locomotives of the London and North Eastern Railway
- specifically List of LNER locomotives as of 31 December 1947
In addition, a handful of locomotives were inherited from minor constituents.
The 1948 Locomotive Exchange Trials compared locomotives from each company against each other.
Read more about this topic: Steam Locomotives Of British Railways
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