These London and North Western Railway 0-8-0s were first introduced in 1912 as Class G1. Further developments were made by Beames for the LNWR and Fowler, under the London Midland and Scottish Railway, in 1929. This left three consecutive classes of visually similar 7Fs that survived into BR days. Over 500 had been built originally and the last examples were withdrawn in 1963. No. 49395 was the only one to be preserved and is based on the East Lancashire Railway.
John Dyer’s photographs show No. 49099 on Birkenhead sheds in May 1960, No. 49406 at Buxton in August 1962, as was No. 49446. No. 49454 was on Crewe South sheds in March 1962, and No. 49509 was at Longsight in Manchester during the following month.
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