4-4-0 Class D40 GNSR Profile and Models

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) D40 class is a type of 4-4-0 steam locomotive inherited from the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR). It consisted of GNSR class V (introduced in 1899 by William Pickersgill) and GNSR class F (introduced in 1920 by T. E. Heywood). The two classes were similar but the class F was superheated. Delivery of the V class commenced in October 1899, but by the time that the first five locomotives had been received by the GNSR, they found that a downturn in traffic meant that not only were the remaining five not required, but that they would also be unable to pay for them. Accordingly, the GNSR requested that Neilsons should find an alternative buyer. They were duly sold to the South Eastern and Chatham Railway for £3,300 each, where they became that company's class G. All 21 GNSR locomotives passed to the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. Eighteen of the 21 locomotives passed into British Railways ownership in 1948. Number 62277 was preserved and renumbered as 49 as an example of the superheated version.

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Neilson, Reid & Co
GNSR Inverurie Works
North British Locomotive Co

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Surviving Examples