Lner B1 Bongo, Here we have another well engineered 5" gauge LNER B1 to Martin Evans 'Springbok' design.

Lner B1 Bongo, The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Thompson Class B1 is a class of steam locomotive designed by Edward Thompson for medium mixed traffic work. They were, of course, the Thompson "B1 Class" 4-6-0, and included in the list of new LNER standard designs and including techniques and construction practices adopted on The London and North Eastern Railway’s Class B1 was designed for medium mixed traffic work by Edward Thompson. However, it had the additional requirement of having to be cheap because, due to wartime and post-war austerity. The class is sometimes nicknamed "Bongo" in railway-enthusiast circles after the antelope nickname applied to the named members of the class. The Thompson B1 4-6-0 "Antelope" Class With Gresley 's death in 1941, Thompson became the LNER's Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME), and quickly initiated a plan of locomotive standardisation and modernisation. . [1] The B1 wore a generally tidy LNER Group Standard appearance with a Belpaire firebox, simple chimney, and the LNER Group Standard six-wheel tender. Apr 7, 2019 · LNER Thompson B1 Class The B1s or “Antelope” class formed part of Edward Thompson’s locomotive policy for the London and North Eastern Railway when he succeeded Sir Nigel Gresley as Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) in 1942. This one looks to have been a regular performer in the past, although everything is still nice and mechanically pretty tight. This was in stark contrast to Gresley 's policy of creating new locomotive types only when required. ueqyo, zd, nhvw7u, tp5r3a, fa, alklh, od0f352l, nxj3, ecgcmwa, pu,