LNER Class B17
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The London and North Eastern Railway
(LNER) Class B17, also known as "Sandringham" or "Footballer" class was a class of 4-6-0
steam locomotive
designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for hauling passenger services on the Great Eastern Main Line
. In total 73 were built.
The final B17 design borrowed many features from a batch of A1 Pacifics
which the North British Locomotive Company
had built in 1924. The cab, cylinders, and motion had all been copied directly or slightly modified. Most of the boiler design was taken from the LNER Class K3 2-6-0
and LNER Class O2 2-8-0
designs. The LNER quickly ordered some modifications, including an increase in cylinder size from 17in to 17½in, and a lengthening of the firebox by 5in. It was impossible for all three cylinders to drive the middle coupled axle, so the middle cylinder powered the leading axle and was positioned forward above the front bogie
.
would produce 52 B17s in five batches. A final batch of eleven would be built by Robert Stephenson and Company
in 1937; resulting in a total of 73 B17s built. Small modifications were made to successive batches, resulting in six class parts (B17/1 to B17/6). The B17/5s, 61659 East Anglian and 61670 City of London were streamlined in the manner of the LNER Class A4
s. However, the streamlining was cladding for publicity purposes only and had little real effect on the overall speed of the locomotive. By 1951 both engines were stripped of the streamlining altogether.
.
However, according to Steam Railway Magazine issue 349 a new build project to build 2 B17's is under way. One will be named after a football club of which negotiations and the other will be 61600 Sandringham however one will be a static exhibit at an East Anglian location while the other will be main line registered. (On 1 May 2008 NBLPG launched a unique project to build not just one but two LNER B17 CLASS 4-6-0s. One locomotive will be completed to full main line specifications whilst the other will be for exhibition and display for fund raising purposes.)
In N Gauge Dapol do a model of a B17.
London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain...
(LNER) Class B17, also known as "Sandringham" or "Footballer" class was a class of 4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...
steam locomotive
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...
designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for hauling passenger services on the Great Eastern Main Line
Great Eastern Main Line
The Great Eastern Main Line is a 212 Kilometre major railway line of the British railway system, which connects Liverpool Street in the City of London with destinations in east London and the East of England, including Chelmsford, Colchester, Ipswich, Norwich and several coastal resorts such as...
. In total 73 were built.
The final B17 design borrowed many features from a batch of A1 Pacifics
LNER Class A1/A3
The London and North Eastern Railway LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3 locomotives represented two distinct stages in the history of the British 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley...
which the North British Locomotive Company
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...
had built in 1924. The cab, cylinders, and motion had all been copied directly or slightly modified. Most of the boiler design was taken from the LNER Class K3 2-6-0
2-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This arrangement is commonly called a Mogul...
and LNER Class O2 2-8-0
2-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...
designs. The LNER quickly ordered some modifications, including an increase in cylinder size from 17in to 17½in, and a lengthening of the firebox by 5in. It was impossible for all three cylinders to drive the middle coupled axle, so the middle cylinder powered the leading axle and was positioned forward above the front bogie
Bogie
A bogie is a wheeled wagon or trolley. In mechanics terms, a bogie is a chassis or framework carrying wheels, attached to a vehicle. It can be fixed in place, as on a cargo truck, mounted on a swivel, as on a railway carriage/car or locomotive, or sprung as in the suspension of a caterpillar...
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Sub-classes
The first ten B17s were built by the North British Locomotive Company; the first locomotive was delivered on 30 November 1928. Between 1930 and 1936, Darlington WorksDarlington Works
Darlington railway works, known in the town as North Road Shops, was built in 1863 by the Stockton and Darlington Railway in the town of Darlington in the north east of England.-NER History:The first new locomotive was built at the works in 1864...
would produce 52 B17s in five batches. A final batch of eleven would be built by Robert Stephenson and Company
Robert Stephenson and Company
Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823. It was the first company set up specifically to build railway engines.- Foundation and early success :...
in 1937; resulting in a total of 73 B17s built. Small modifications were made to successive batches, resulting in six class parts (B17/1 to B17/6). The B17/5s, 61659 East Anglian and 61670 City of London were streamlined in the manner of the LNER Class A4
LNER Class A4
The Class A4 is a class of streamlined 4-6-2 steam locomotive, designed by Nigel Gresley for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1935. Their streamlined design gave them high-speed capability as well as making them instantly recognizable, and one of the class, 4468 Mallard, still claims the...
s. However, the streamlining was cladding for publicity purposes only and had little real effect on the overall speed of the locomotive. By 1951 both engines were stripped of the streamlining altogether.
- B17/1, Introduced 1928, GEGreat Eastern RailwayThe Great Eastern Railway was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia...
-type 3700 gallons (16,820.5 l), 4 LT tender; - B17/2, Variant of B17/1, later merged with B17/1;
- B17/3, Variant of B17/1, later merged with B17/1;
- B17/4, Introduced 1936, LNER 4200 gallons (19,093.6 l), 7.5 LT tender;
- B17/5, Introduced 1937, streamlined;
- B17/6, Introduced 1943, rebuilt with 100A boiler and increased pressure.
Rebuilding
Some B17s were rebuilt with the 100A boiler, retaining the original cylinders, and became Class B17/6. Others had a more drastic rebuild, including 100A boiler and conversion to 2-cylinder layout, and became Class B2LNER Thompson Class B2
The London and North Eastern Railway Thompson Class B2 was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. It was introduced in 1945 as a two-cylinder rebuild of the three-cylinder LNER Class B17. Ten were rebuilt from Class B17 but no more were rebuilt because of the success of the LNER Thompson Class B1...
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Summary table
| LNER No. |
BR No. |
Original Name (Rename(s)) | Date built | Date rebuilt | Rebuilt as |
Date withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2800 | 61600 | Sandringham Sandringham House Sandringham House is a country house on of land near the village of Sandringham in Norfolk, England. The house is privately owned by the British Royal Family and is located on the royal Sandringham Estate, which lies within the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.-History and current... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2801 | 61601 | Holkham Holkham Hall Holkham Hall is an eighteenth-century country house located adjacent to the village of Holkham, on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk... |
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| 2802 | 61602 | Walsingham Walsingham Walsingham is a village in the English county of Norfolk. The village is famed for its religious shrines in honour of the Virgin Mary and as a major pilgrimage centre... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2803 | 61603 | Framlingham Framlingham Framlingham is a market town and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District of Suffolk, England. Commonly referred to as "Fram" by the locals, it is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It has a population of 3,114 at the 2001 census... |
B2 | |||
| 2804 | 61604 | Elveden Elveden Hall Elveden Hall is a large privately owned house overlooking the large Elveden Estate in Elveden, Suffolk, England. It is located centrally to the village and is close to the A11 and the Parish Church.... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2805 | 61605 | Burnham Thorpe Burnham Thorpe Burnham Thorpe is a small village and civil parish on the River Burn and near the coast of Norfolk in the United Kingdom. It is famous for being the birthplace of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, victor at the Battle of Trafalgar and one of Britain's greatest heroes... (Lincolnshire Regiment from April 1938) |
B17/6 | |||
| 2806 | 61606 | Audley End Audley End House Audley End House is largely an early 17th-century country house just outside Saffron Walden, Essex, south of Cambridge, England. It was once a palace in all but name and renowned as one of the finest Jacobean houses in England. Audley End is now only one-third of its original size, but is still... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2807 | 61607 | Blickling Blickling Blickling is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England, about north-west of Aylsham on the B1354 road. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 136 and covers . Since the 17th century the village has been concentrated in two areas, around the church and... |
B2 | |||
| 2808 | 61608 | Gunton | B17/6 | |||
| 2809 | 61609 | Quidenham Quidenham Quidenham is a small rural village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 576 in 183 households as of the 2001 census... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2810 | 61610 | Honingham Hall | B17/6 | |||
| 2811 | 61611 | Raynham Hall Raynham Hall Raynham Hall is a country house in Norfolk, England. For 300 years it has been the seat of the Townshend family. The hall gave its name to the area, known as The Raynhams, and is reported to be haunted, providing the scene for possibly the most famous ghost photo of all time, the famous Brown Lady... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2812 | 61612 | Houghton Hall Houghton Hall Houghton Hall is a country house in Norfolk, England. It was built for the de facto first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, and it is a key building in the history of Palladian architecture in England... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2813 | 61613 | Woodbastwick Hall | B17/6 | |||
| 2814 | 61614 | Castle Hedingham Castle Hedingham Castle Hedingham is a small village in northeast Essex, England, located four miles west of Halstead and is situated in the Colne Valley on the ancient road from Colchester, Essex, to Cambridge.... |
B2 | |||
| 2815 | 61615 | Culford Hall Culford Park Culford Park in Culford, Suffolk, England, is a country house that is the former seat of the Bacon, Cornwallis and Cadogan families, and now it is the home of Culford School.-History of the Park:... |
B2 | |||
| 2816 | 61616 | Fallodon Fallodon Fallodon is a hamlet situated in Northumberland, England. It is the territorial designation of Viscount Grey of Fallodon. It is pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable.- Governance :... |
B2 | |||
| 2817 | 21617 | Ford Castle Ford Castle Forde Castle is a Grade 1 listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument situated at a shallow crossing point on the River Till, Ford, Northumberland, England.... |
B2 | |||
| 2818 | 61618 | Wynyard Park Wynyard Park, County Durham Wynyard Park, sometimes known as Wynyard Hall is a large country house in County Durham, England. The house used to be the family seat of the Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry, an Anglo-Irish aristocratic dynasty, but it was sold in the 1980s.-The house:Designed by Philip Wyatt... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2819 | 61619 | Welbeck Abbey Welbeck Abbey Welbeck Abbey near Clumber Park in North Nottinghamshire was the principal abbey of the Premonstratensian order in England and later the principal residence of the Dukes of Portland.-Monastic period:... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2820 | 61620 | Clumber Clumber Park Clumber Park is a country park in the Dukeries near Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England. It was the seat of the Pelham-Clintons, Dukes of Newcastle.It is owned by the National Trust and open to the public.-History:... |
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| 2821 | 61621 | Hatfield House Hatfield House Hatfield House is a country house set in a large park, the Great Park, on the eastern side of the town of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. The present Jacobean house was built in 1611 by Robert Cecil, First Earl of Salisbury and Chief Minister to King James I and has been the home of the Cecil... |
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| 2822 | 61622 | Alnwick Castle Alnwick Castle Alnwick Castle is a castle and stately home in the town of the same name in the English county of Northumberland. It is the residence of the Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman conquest, and renovated and remodelled a number of times. It is a Grade I listed building.-History:Alnwick... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2823 | 61623 | Lambton Castle Lambton Castle Lambton Castle, located in County Durham, England, between the towns of Washington and Chester-le-Street, is a stately home, the ancestral seat of the Lambton family, the Earls of Durham... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2824 | 61624 | Lumley Castle Lumley Castle Lumley Castle is a 14th century quadrangular castle at Chester-le-Street in the North of England, near to the city of Durham and a property of the Earl of Scarbrough. It is a Grade I listed building.-History:... |
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| 2825 | 61625 | Raby Castle Raby Castle Raby Castle is situated near Staindrop in County Durham and is one of the largest inhabited castles in England. The Grade I listed building has opulent eighteenth and nineteenth century interiors inside a largely unchanged, late medieval shell. It is the home and seat of John Vane, 11th Baron... |
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| 2826 | 61626 | Brancepeth Castle Brancepeth Castle Brancepeth Castle is a castle in the village of Brancepeth in County Durham, England, some 5 miles south-west of the city of Durham . It is a Grade I listed building.-History:... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2827 | 61627 | Aske Hall Aske Hall Aske Hall is a Georgian country house, with parkland attributed to Capability Brown, north of Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. It contains an impressive collection of 18th-century furniture, paintings and porcelain, and in its grounds a John Carr stable block converted into a chapel in... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2828 | 61628 | Harewood House Harewood House Harewood House is a country house located in Harewood , near Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a member of Treasure Houses of England, a marketing consortium for nine of the foremost stately homes in England... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2829 | 61629 | Naworth Castle Naworth Castle Naworth Castle, also known as, or recorded in historical documents as "Naward", is a castle in Cumbria, England near the town of Brampton. It is adjacent to the A69 about two miles east of Brampton. It is on the opposite side of the River Irthing to, and just within sight of, Lanercost Priory... |
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| 2830 | 61630 | Thoresby Park (Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane.... from January 1938) |
B17/6 | |||
| 2831 | 61631 | Serlby Hall | B17/6 | |||
| 2832 | Belvoir Castle Belvoir Castle Belvoir Castle is a stately home in the English county of Leicestershire, overlooking the Vale of Belvoir . It is a Grade I listed building.... (Royal Sovereign from September 1958) |
B2 | ||||
| 2833 | 61633 | Kimbolton Castle Kimbolton Castle Kimbolton Castle in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, is best known as the final home of King Henry VIII's first queen, Catherine of Aragon. Originally a medieval castle but converted into a stately palace, it was the family seat of the Dukes of Manchester from 1615 until 1950... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2834 | 61634 | Hinchingbrooke Hinchingbrooke House Hinchingbrooke House in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, was built around an 11th century nunnery. After the Reformation it passed into the hands of the Cromwell family, and subsequently, became the home of the Earls of Sandwich, including John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, reputedly the "inventor" of... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2835 | 61635 | Milton Milton Hall Milton Hall is the largest private house in Cambridgeshire, England, and formerly a part of Northamptonshire. It dates from 1594, being the historical home of the Fitzwilliam family, and is situated in an extensive park in which some original oak trees from an earlier Tudor Deer Park... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2836 | 61636 | Harlaxton Manor Harlaxton Manor Harlaxton Manor, built in 1837, is a manor house in Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, England. Its architecture, which combines elements of Jacobean and Elizabethan styles with symmetrical Baroque massing, renders the mansion unique among surviving Jacobethan manors.... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2837 | 61637 | Thorpe Hall Thorpe Hall Thorpe Hall at Longthorpe in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire is a Grade I listed building, built by Peter Mills between 1653 and 1656, for the Lord Chief Justice, Oliver St John. The house is unusual in being one of the very few mansions built during the Commonwealth period... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2838 | 61638 | Melton Hall | B17/6 | |||
| 2839 | 61639 | Rendelsham Hall (Norwich City Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The... from January 1938) |
B2 | |||
| 2840 | 61640 | Somerleyton Hall Somerleyton Hall Somerleyton Hall is a country house in the village of Somerleyton near Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. It has a notable garden.-History:In 1240, a manor house was built on the site of Somerleyton Hall by Sir Peter Fitzosbert whose daughter married into the Jernegan family. The male line of the... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2841 | 61641 | Gayton Hall | B17/6 | |||
| 2842 | 61642 | Kilverstone Hall | B17/6 | |||
| 2843 | 61643 | Champion Lodge | B17/6 | |||
| 2844 | 61644 | Earlham Hall | B2 | |||
| 2845 | 61645 | The Suffolk Regiment Suffolk Regiment The Suffolk Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army with a history dating back to 1685. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated with the Royal Norfolk Regiment as the 1st East Anglian Regiment in 1959... |
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| 2846 | 61646 | Gilwell Park Gilwell Park Gilwell Park is a camp site and activity centre for Scouting groups, as well as a training and conference centre for Scout Leaders. The 44 hectare site is in Sewardstonebury, Epping Forest, close to Chingford, London.... |
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| 2847 | 61647 | Helmingham Hall Helmingham Hall Helmingham Hall is a moated manor house in Helmingham, Suffolk, England. It was begun by John Tollemache in 1480 and has been owned by the Tollemache family ever since. The house is built around a courtyard in typical late medieval/Tudor style.... |
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| 2848 | 61648 | Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups... |
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| 2849 | 61649 | Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production... |
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| 2850 | 61650 | Grimsby Town Grimsby Town F.C. Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town... |
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| 2851 | 61651 | Derby County Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English... |
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| 2852 | 61652 | Darlington Darlington F.C. Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2853 | 61653 | Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town F.C. Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2854 | 61654 | Sunderland Sunderland A.F.C. Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League... |
B17/6 | |||
| 2855 | 61655 | Middlesbrough Middlesbrough F.C. Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889... |
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| 2856 | 61656 | Leeds United Leeds United A.F.C. Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system... |
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| 2857 | 61657 | Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers F.C. Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in... |
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| 2858 | 61658 | Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... (The Essex Regiment Essex Regiment The Essex Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army that saw active service from 1881 to 1958. Members of the regiment were recruited from across Essex county. Its lineage is continued by the Royal Anglian Regiment.-Origins:... from June 1936) |
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| 2859 | 61659 | Norwich City Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The... (East Anglian from September 1937) |
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| 2860 | 61660 | Hull City Hull City A.F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football... |
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| 2861 | 61661 | Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the... |
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| 2862 | 61662 | Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958... |
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| 2863 | 61663 | Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football... |
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| 2864 | 61664 | Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
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| 2865 | 61665 | Leicester City Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester... |
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| 2866 | 61666 | Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship... |
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| 2867 | 61667 | Bradford | — | — | ||
| 2868 | 61668 | Bradford City Bradford City A.F.C. Bradford City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, playing in League Two.... |
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| 2869 | 61669 | Barnsley Barnsley F.C. Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's... |
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| 2870 | 61670 | Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894... (Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane.... from May 1937) (City of London City of London The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of... from September 1937) |
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| 2871 | 61671 | Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894... (Royal Sovereign from April 1946) |
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| 2872 | 61672 | West Ham United West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current... |
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Preservation
Several were named after football clubs. None of the class has survived into preservation but a few of the football clubs were presented with the name plates after the locomotives were scrapped.However, according to Steam Railway Magazine issue 349 a new build project to build 2 B17's is under way. One will be named after a football club of which negotiations and the other will be 61600 Sandringham however one will be a static exhibit at an East Anglian location while the other will be main line registered. (On 1 May 2008 NBLPG launched a unique project to build not just one but two LNER B17 CLASS 4-6-0s. One locomotive will be completed to full main line specifications whilst the other will be for exhibition and display for fund raising purposes.)
Modelling
For 2010 Hornby has announced plans to produce a model of B17/1 Sandringham in both DCC ready and fitted guises.In N Gauge Dapol do a model of a B17.