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Hi All,  Good Saturday afternoon everyone. It is time for another edition of Steam Train Posts, #79-82 for Saturday March 18th. On this edition of Steam Train Posts, we travel from the London Midland and Scottish Railroad and make our way over to the North Eastern Railway to visit their 1463 class, Class H, Class B/B1 and Class P3 locomotives. We will start off the trip with the 1463 class locomotives and then take a look at Class H locomotives,then Class B/B1 locomotives and end with the P3 locomotives. -Conductor Wolf  79. NER 1463 Class Details Railroad/Basic: North Eastern Railway  Engine: Tender Engine Designer: Henry Tennant Builder: NER Darlington and Gateshead Built (Year): 1885 => 20 locomotives North Eastern Railway Darlington 10 locomotives  Gateshead 10 locomotives  Total: 20 locomotives Rebuilt: 1892-1896 => 20 locomotives  Withdrawn: 1926-1929 Number of Wheels: 12 wheels  Configuration: 2-4-0 Preserved: 1 locomotive 80. NER Class H ...

 Hi All,  Good Saturday Morning  everyone. It's Conductor Wolf letting you know it's time for another edition of Steam Train Posts #75-78 for Saturday March 4th. On this edition of Steam Train Posts, we finished up with our travel to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railroad before traveling to the Great Northern Railroad and then to Southern Railroad and end with a trip to the London Midland and Scottish Railroad.  -Conductor Wolf  First off, lets finished up at Lancashire and Yorkshire Railroad to see their Class 30 locomotive: L&YR Class 30 Locomotive  18. L&YR Class 30 Details Railroad/Basic: L&YR {Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway} Engine: Tender Engine Designer: John Aspinall  Builder: Horwich Works Built (Year): 1900-1908 => 60 locomotives Total: 60 locomotives Withdrawn: 1926-1950=> 40 locomotive Number of Wheels: 16 wheels Configuration: 0-8-0 Preserved:  0 real locomotives --------------------------------------------------...

 Hi All,  Good Saturday Evening everyone. It's Conductor Wolf letting you know it's time for another edition of Steam Train Posts #71-74 for Saturday February 18th. On this edition of Steam Train Posts, we continue our trip at the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway but this time to see their class 3,class 4,Class 6 and Class 7 locomotives that were on their railway.  First off, I do apologize that this wasn't out earlier in the afternoon (around 2 pm) on Saturday February 18th. But here it is after a long wait. But anyway, to start off this post, we will be starting with the Class 3 locomotives and then to class 4 then class 6 and finally ending with the class 7 locomotives.  L&YR Class 3/4 (Rebuilt) 14. L&YR Class 3 Details Railroad/Basic: L&YR {Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway} Engine: Tender Engine Designer: John Aspinall Builder: Horwich Works Built (Year): 1891-1894 => 40 locomotives Horwich Works => 40 Locomotives Total: 40 locomotives Withdra...

 Hi All,  Good Saturday Afternoon everyone. It's Conductor Wolf letting you know it's time for another edition of Steam Train Posts #66-70 for Saturday February 4th. On this edition of Steam Train Posts, we get to leave the London,Brighton & South Coast Railway and head for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway to see their class 25,class 23,Class 21 and Class 5 locomotives that were on their railway.  To start off this post, we will be starting with the Class 25 locomotives and then to class 23 then class 21 and finally ending with the class 5 locomotives.    L&YR Class 25 Locomotive 10.L&YR Class 25 Details Railroad/Basic: L&YR {Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway} Engine: Tender Engine  Designer: William Barton Wright Builder: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Built (Year): 1887-1901 => 820 locomotives Total: 280 locomotives Withdrawn: 1930-1948 =>818 real locomotive Number of Wheels: 12 wheels Configuration: 0-6-0 Preserved: 2 real lo...

 Hi All, Conductor Wolf here. Just letting you know for this round of Steam Train Posts, We're staying at the London,Brighton & South Coast Railway but this time we turn our attention away from the "B" class locomotives and turn our attention to the "K" class,"C" class, D1 & D2 class locomotives that have worked on the LB&SCR railway.  Next time, we will be moving onto a different Railway.  Enjoy! Conductor Wolf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K class Locomotives K class No. 337 as built 62. LB&SCR K class Details Railroad/Basic: LB&SCR {London Brighton & South Coast Railway} Engine: Tender Engine Designer: L.B Billinton  Builder: Brighton Works Built (Year): 1913-1921 => 20 locomotives Completed => 17 locomotives  Abandon resulting in particle built  => 3 locomotives  Total: 20 locomotives Withdrawn: November-December 196...