NBR Scott Class 4-4-0 LNER D29 (withdrawn 1949) Meg Merrilies coming off the Forth Bridge with a train
With increasing train loads during the early 20th century, the North British Railway (NBR) required further locomotives, and it was natural that Reid would base these new locomotives on the successful D32s. The most notable innovation in the new locomotives, was the addition of a larger tender that was capable of carrying sufficient water for non-stop runs between Carlisle and Edinburgh. They were also built in two variants with different sized driving wheels. A mixed traffic variant had 6ft driving wheels and became NBR Class K (LNER D33). The express passenger variant was virtually identical but had larger 6ft 6in driving wheels. These became NBR Class J, and LNER D29. The D29s carried names taken from Sir Walter Scott's novels, and they quickly became known as the 'Scott Class'. Full superheating of the D29 'Scotts' did not start until the 1920s. Both the NBR and the LNER chose to only fit superheated boilers to the D29s after the original saturated boilers had reached the end of their lives. By Grouping (1923), the D29s were still being used on a number of express services, although they also began to see work on stopping trains. During the 1920s, they could often be seen hauling fish trains to Dundee, and piloting C10/C11 Atlantics on the heaviest of loads. Meg Merrilees seen here was withdrawn in 1949
Size: 2145px × 1318px
Location: Forth Rail Bridge, Scotland
Photo credit: © Digbydachshund / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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