BR Peppercorn A1

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[edit] Class Summary

Designer	BR Class	BR Power Class	First Built	Last Built	First Withdrawn	Last Withdrawn	Total Built	Preserved?
Arthur Peppercorn	A1	8P/6F	August 1948	December 1949	October 1962	June 1966	49	0, Tornado being built by A1 Steam Locomotive Trust

Loco Weight	Tender Weight	Driving Wheel	Boiler Pressure	Cylinders	Tractive Effort
104 tons 2 cwt	60 tons 7 cwt	6' 8"	250lb/sq in SU	Valve Gear: Walschaerts (piston valves) Three 19" x 26"	37,400 lb
105.77 tonnes	61.32 tonnes	2.03m	1723.69 kPa	0.48m x 0.66m	166.36 kN

The Peppercorn Class A1 were designed by Arthur Peppercorn whilst he was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the LNER, but built during the early British Railways era. A fiftieth example, Tornado (named after the Panavia Tornado) is however being built by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust.

[edit] Britsh Railways Numbers

Number	Name	Works No.	Into Service	Withdrawn	Notes
60114	W.P. Allen	2031	August 1948	May 1965
60115	Meg Merrilies	2032	August 1948	May 1963
60116	Hal o' the Wynd	2033	October 1948	October 1965
60117	Bois Roussel	2034	October 1948	August 1965
60118	Archibald Sturrock	2035	November 1948	November 1965
60119	Patrick Stirling	2036	November 1948	August 1965
60120	Kittiwake	2037	December 1948	January 1964	Condemned after accident at Otterington January 1964
60121	Silurian	2038	December 1948	November 1965
60122	Curlew	2039	December 1948	December 1962
60123	H.A. Ivatt	2040	February 1949	October 1962	accident Lincoln, October 1949. Condemned after accident at Offord September 1962
60124	Kenilworth	2041	March 1949	August 1966
60125	Scottish Union	2043	April 1949	November 1964
60126	Sir Vincent Raven	2042	April 1949	April 1965
60127	Wilson Worsdell	2044	May 1949	October 1965	Named at Gateshead, October 1950
60128	Bongrace	2045	May 1949	March 1965
60129	Guy Mannering	2046	June 1949	November 1965
60130	Kestrel	2049	September 1948	December 1965
60131	Osprey	2050	October 1948	November 1965
60132	Marmion	2051	October 1948	October 1965
60133	Pommern	2052	October 1948	August 1965
60134	Foxhunter	2053	November 1948	November 1965
60135	Madge Wildfire	2054	November 1948	May 1963
60136	Alcazar	2055	November 1948	May 1963
60137	Redguantlet	2056	December 1948	April 1963
60138	Boswell	2057	December 1948	November 1965
60139	Sea Eagle	2058	December 1948	January 1965
60140	Balmoral	2059	December 1948	May 1965
60141	Abbotsford	2060	December 1948	December 1964
60142	Edward Fletcher	2061	February 1949	October 1965
60143	Sir Walter Scott	2062	February 1949	February 1965
60144	King's Courier	2063	March 1949	May 1963
60145	Saint Mungo	2064	March 1949	September 1966	Withdrawn March 1966. Reinstated April 1966
60146	Peregrine	2065	April 1949	March 1966
60147	North Eastern	2066	April 1949	February 1965
60148	Aboyeur	2067	May 1949	August 1965
60148	Aboyeur	2067	May 1949	August 1965
60149	Amadis	2068	May 1949	January 1965
60150	Willbrook	2069	June 1949	February 1965
60151	Midlothian	2070	June 1949	January 1966
60152	Holyrood	2071	July 1949	October 1965
60153	Flamboyant	2047	August 1949	April 1963	Fitted with roller bearings.
60154	Bon Accord	2048	September 1949	November 1965	Fitted with roller bearings.
60155	Borderer	2049	September 1949	November 1965	Fitted with roller bearings.
60156	Great Central	2050	October 1949	June 1965	Fitted with roller bearings.
60157	Great Eastern	2051	November 1949	March 1965	Fitted with roller bearings.
60158	Aberdonian	2052	November 1949	March 1965
60159	Bonnie Dundee	2053	November 1949	January 1964
60160	Auld Reekie	2054	December 1949	March 1964
60161	North British	2055	December 1949	March 1964
60162	Saint Johnstoun	2056	December 1949	February 1964
60163	Tornado