4-4-0 Shire
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| − | [[Image:d49.jpg|right|240px]]Gresley designed the [http://www.lner.info/locos/D/d49.shtml D49] Class in 1927 to replace pre-grouping express locomotives on lines where the weight and expense of his [[Pacific]] locomotives were not suitable. | + | [[Image:d49.jpg|right|240px]]Gresley designed the [http://www.lner.info/locos/D/d49.shtml D49] Class in 1927 to replace pre-grouping express locomotives on lines where the weight and expense of his [[Pacific]] locomotives were not suitable. |
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| + | Gresley's D49 was one of the last and largest 4-4-0 locomotives built in Britain, followed only by the SR V Class, the most powerful 4-4-0 built in Europe. | ||
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The 4-4-0 Shire is a steam locomotive in the UK Railway Set.
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| Type: | Express Passenger and Fast Goods Steam Locomotive |
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| Introduction: | 1927 |
| Withdrawal: | 1970 |
| Speed: | 90mph |
| Power: | 1250hp |
| Weight: | 119t |
| Tractive Effort: | 95kN |
| Replaces: | Edwardian |
| Replaced By: | Sulzer Type 2, EE Type 3 |
[edit] Prototype information
[edit] Similar locomotives
Gresley's D49 was one of the last and largest 4-4-0 locomotives built in Britain, followed only by the SR V Class, the most powerful 4-4-0 built in Europe.
