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unusual facts about LNER Class P1


LNER Class P1

Due to the reduction of heavy freight trains after the Second World War, both engines were withdrawn by Edward Thompson and scrapped in July 1945, the first Gresley locomotives to be withdrawn and scrapped by intention.


Booster engine

In Great Britain, the Gresley P1 2-8-2 locomotives for the London and North Eastern Railway, of which only two were built, were equipped with booster units.


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