LNER Thompson Class Q1


The London and North Eastern Railway Thompson Class Q1 was a class of 0-8-0T steam locomotives. They were rebuilds of the GCR Class 8A 0-8-0s. Thirteen were rebuilt between 1942 and 1945. All passed to British Railways in 1948, numbered 69925-69937. The sources for the information in the infobox are.

Overview

The locomotives had outside cylinders with inside valves and inside Stephenson valve gear. There were two variants:
The extra of water in the Q1/2 was carried in the rear tank, under the coal bunker, resulting in a reduced coal capacity.

Withdrawal

All the Class Q1 locomotives were withdrawn and scrapped from 1954 to 1959. None have been preserved.