4-6-2 Britannia

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[[Image:brittania.jpg|left|240px|]]Robert Riddles' BR Standard Class 7 express locomotives, designed and built in the dying days of the steam locomotive, were based on "best practice" of the big pre-nationalisation railways.  Built in LMS style but to the weight restrictions of a SR Light Pacific, the Britannias played an important if short-lived role in the post-war rebuilding of Britain's railways.
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[[Image:brittania.jpg|left|240px|]]Robert Riddles' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_7 Standard Class 7] express locomotives, designed and built in the dying days of the steam locomotive, were based on "best practice" of the big pre-nationalisation railways.  Built in LMS style but to the weight restrictions of a SR Light Pacific, the Britannias played an important if short-lived role in the post-war rebuilding of Britain's railways.
  
 
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The 4-6-2 Britannia is a steam locomotive in the UK Railway Set.

Statistics and information

One livery variation
Type: Express Passenger Steam Locomotive
Introduction: 1951
Withdrawal: 1985
Speed: 100mph
Power: 1950hp
Weight: 144t
Tractive Effort: 143kN
Replaces: Pacific
Replaced By: Sulzer Type 4, Deltic

Prototype information

Brittania.jpg
Robert Riddles' Standard Class 7 express locomotives, designed and built in the dying days of the steam locomotive, were based on "best practice" of the big pre-nationalisation railways. Built in LMS style but to the weight restrictions of a SR Light Pacific, the Britannias played an important if short-lived role in the post-war rebuilding of Britain's railways.
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