These GNR Class 8F 2-8-0s were introduced in 1921 as a development of Gresley’s experimental 3-cylinder heavy freight design of 1918. 67 examples were eventually constructed - at Doncaster works and by the North British Locomotive Company. All members of the class were taken into BR stock in 1948. They had all been scrapped by the end of 1963 and none were preserved. My summer 1962 abc shows 56 still surviving, of which I saw just 7. John Dyer captured No. 63955 at Doncaster works on 30/4/62 and No. 63967 on Doncaster sheds on the same day.
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