Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Locomotives which have captured the imagination of many, not with their size or strength- but sheer charm. The Great Eastern Railway's S69 was, for all it was worth, a well-travelled design that could go anywhere and attempt anything, despite being drawn up as the most powerful express locomotives for the Great Eastern by Frederick Russell. From Norwich to Aberdeen, how did they fare?

SOURCES & CREDIT:

Scan of a map of the Great Eastern Railway by The British Library - Image taken from page 106 of 'Holiday Notes in East Anglia, ect', No restrictions, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66083177

Photograph of a GER class T19 by Unknown author - This file was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the Bulgarian Archives State Agency as part of a cooperation project. The Bulgarian Archives State Agency provides images, which are public domain. For attribution/citation of the source, Bulgarian Archives State Agency, please use the identification numbers of the document's fonds, inventory, archival unit and sheet., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54833094

Drawing of a GER S46 by W.J. Gordon, Our Home Railways; How They Began And How They Are Worked; Vol 1Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, London, 1910 - Archive.org (archive.org/details/ourhomerailways00gordgoog) Google Books digitisation of public domain book., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79240435

Photograph of Ipswich Goods Yard by Harry Walters - Smith Suitsall postcard, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=117966632

Portrait of James Holden taken from LNER Encyclopedia. Taken no later than 1925., en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6055963

Portrait of Stephen D. Holden taken from LNER Encyclopedia, Fair use, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27908356

Photograph of S.D. Holden posing with the GER Class A55 'Decapod' - Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=400835

Photograph of an ex-LNER B17 by Barry Lewis - My Very First Photograph - 61623, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71760424

Map of the Great North of Scotland Railway territory by Afterbrunel at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Oxyman using CommonsHelper., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4479142

Photograph of a GNSR K Class by London and North Eastern Railway - Barclay-Harvey, Malcolm (1950) A History of the Great North of Scotland Railway, facing page 186: Ian Allan ISBN: 978-0-7110-2592-9., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26986429

Website sources:

gersociety.org.uk/index.php/locomotives/s-d-holden/s69

lner.info/locos/B/b12.php

nnrailway.co.uk/portfolio-items/lner-b12-8572

lner.info/locos/D/d14d15d16.php

keymodelworld.com/article/lner-b12-4-6-0-steam-locomotives-history

lner.info/article/tech/valvegear/lentz.php

lner.info/locos/B/b17.php

keymodelworld.com/article/reviewed-hornby-lner-b12-4-6-0-oo-gauge

gersociety.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43&Itemid=53

gersociety.org.uk/index.php/32-locomotives/locomotives?start=60

sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/631005tw.html

preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/b12-61500-61580-4-6-0-ger-holden

mandgn.org/overall-Locomotives/B12-4-6-0-8572

Literary sources:

'Great North of Scotland Railway Album' by A.E. Glen, I.A. Glen and A.G. Dunbar, published by Fraser Stewart Books

Video sources:

'SOLE SLIP: LNER B12 8527' by @ChristheXelent
youtube.com/watch?v=6j3FVOOrHlE

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