Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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John G. Robinson's finest locomotive. Whether you call them 11Fs, D11s, "Improved Directors" or "Large Directors", they were the best of the best, powering over the Great Central Railway's London extension. And, when modified, proved excellent additions to the ageing North British fleet too!

SOURCES & CREDIT

Picture of A4 60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley' - Gavin Cameron / Wikipedia Commons: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A4_4498_Sir_Nigel_Gresley#/media/File:2011-04-24_SirNigelGresley.jpg

Route map of the Great Central Railway - Cnbrb / Wikipedia Commons

Picture of Great Central class 11B - Wikipedia Commons: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCR_Class_11B#/media/File:GCR_11B_locomotive_1014_Sir_Alexander_(Howden,_Boys'_Book_of_Locomotives,_1907).jpg

Picture of Sir Nigel Gresley (old) - Wikipedia Commons: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Gresley#/media/File:H_N_Gresley.jpg

Picture of Nigel Gresley (young) - P2 Steam Locomotive Company: p2steam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/HNG-4-626x768.jpg

Picture of Great Central class 8B - Ben Brooksbank / Wikipedia Commons: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCR_Class_8B#/media/File:Retford_(GN)_Locomotive_Depot_with_Ex-Great_Central_Robinson_Atlantics_geograph-2319309-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg


Picture of Great Central No430 'Purdon Viccars' - Imperial War Museums: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCR_Class_11E#/media/File:Women%27s_War_work_during_the_First_World_War,_London,_1918_Q28015.jpg


Picture of LNER class D49 No246 'Morayshire' - Our Phellap / Wikipedia Commons: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_D49#/media/File:LNER_D49_246_%27Morayshire%27_at_Doncaster_Works.JPG


Picture of the Franco-Italian Crosti boilered locomotive - Harlock81 / Wikipedia Commons: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Crosti_boiler#/media/File:Locomotive_FS_741.120.JPG


Picture of LNER class B17 No2842 'Kilverstone Hall' - Walter Dendy / Wikipedia Commons: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_B17#/media/File:Pre-war_Garden_Cities_Express_leaving_Cambridge_for_London_Kings_Cross,_1939_(geograph_4976667).jpg


Picture of Butler Henderson (video) - Tony Hisgett / Wikipedia Commons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:GCR_Class_11F_/_LNER_Class_D11_62660_Butler-Henderson#/media/File:Butler-Henderson_(7074605287).jpg

Picture of Bulter Henderson (thumbnail) - Hugh Llewelyn / Wikipedia Commons: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hugh_llewelyn_506_(6961065414).jpg


Picture of LNER class B1 1264 at Whitby station - Own work

Picture of LNER class V2 4771 'Green Arrow' - Own work

Picture of Great Central 11A - Malcolm Peirson / LNER Encyclopedia

Picture of Great Central 8C - Malcolm Peirson / LNER Encyclopedia

Picture of 11F No506 'Bulter Henderson' at Gorton in 1920 - Malcolm Peirson / LNER Encyclopedia

Picture of Harry Pollitt - LNER Encyclopedia

Picture of John George Robinson - LNER Encyclopedia

Picture and technical drawings of Great Central class 11E - Railway Mechanical Engineer volume XC, 1916

Picture of double-heading D11/2s - LNER Encyclopedia

Picture of LNER D11/2 No6386 - Neil Ellison / LNER Encyclopedia

Picture of LNER D30 'Superheated Scott' No9497 - LNER Encyclopedia

Website sources:

lner.info/locos/B/b1b18.php

lner.info/eng/pollitt.php

lner.info/locos/D/d30.php

lner.info/locos/D/d11.php

lner.info/locos/C/c4.php

lner.info/eng/robinson.php

lner.info/locos/D/d9.php

lner.info/locos/D/d10.php

p2steam.com/nigel-gresley

railuk.info/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=D11/1

railuk.info/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=D11/2

web.archive.org/web/20050209072704/http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/locos/e506.htm

sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/superheaters#:~:text=The%20superheater%20heats%20steam%20above,here%20than%20the%20boiler%20tubes

archive.org/details/railwaymechanica90newy/page/n5/mode/2up

steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=Great_Britain&wheel=4-6-0&railroad=lms#1051


Book sources:

'50 Famous British Locomotives' by Peter Herring, published by David & Charles

'Steam Finale Scotland' by Brian J. Dickson, published by Ian Allan

'British Steam Nostalgia' by Colin Garratt, published by Patrick Stephens Limited

Video/Film sources:

'London & North Eastern Railway Steam' by Castle Communications

'Express Locomotives Of The London & North Eastern Railway' by Castle Communications


LINKS



Discord server - discord.gg/PtekEPJ


Twitter - twitter.com/TeaWithCaramel1



Outro music: Kevin MacLeod - Fiddles McGinty

Other music used:

Kevin MacLeod - Achaidh Cleide

Chris Sawyer's Locomotion OST - Settin' Off!

Chris Sawyer's Locomotion - Chugging Along

U.S. Marine Band - With Shot and Shell

Darktown Strutters Ball - E's Jammy's Jams



Channel icon by - twitter.com/ShirahoshiD


2D avatar by - twitter.com/InkSilvery

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