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R3980 Class W1 'Hush Hush' BR Green Streamlined 4-6-4 Steam Locomotive No.60700

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£189.5

Having completed nearly 90,000 miles of test running since new, Sir Nigel Gresley's W1 4-6-4HP 10000 entered Darlington Works on 21 August 1935 for what was anticipated to be a major overhaul and modification. During this period Gresley decided that it was time to rebuild 10000 as a three cylinder locomotive with a conventional firetube boiler and 10000 was moved to Doncaster Works on 13 October 1936, the first drawing for the modification being prepared at the end of November. When 10000 was finally released from Doncaster Works in November 1937, it was a significantly different locomotive; b

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R3980 Class W1 'Hush Hush' BR Green Streamlined 4-6-4 Steam Locomotive No.60700

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