4-4-0 Shire

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==Prototype information==
 
==Prototype information==
[[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.  The D49 was one of the last and largest 4-4-0 locomotives built in Britain, followed only by the SR V Class.
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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.   
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==Similar locomotives==
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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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Latest revision as of 07:39, 1 March 2012

The 4-4-0 Shire is a steam locomotive in the UK Railway Set.

[edit] Statistics and information

One livery variation
Type: Express Passenger and Fast Goods Steam Locomotive
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

D49.jpg
Gresley designed the D49 Class in 1927 to replace pre-grouping express locomotives on lines where the weight and expense of his Pacific locomotives were not suitable.

[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.