LNER D40 GNoSR 4-4-0

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) D40 class is a type of 4-4-0 steam locomotive inherited from the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR). It consisted of GNSR class V (introduced in 1899 by William Pickersgill) and GNSR class F (introduced in 1920 by T. E. Heywood). The two classes were similar but the class F was superheated
Class V
In February 1898, the Scottish locomotive builder Neilson, Reid and Company had completed an order for twelve 4-4-0 locomotives for the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR); these comprised GNSR class T.[1] In October that year, William Pickersgill, the GNSR Locomotive Superintendent, requested authority to purchase a further twelve. Neilsons offered to build between ten and twenty further locomotives of the class T design. The GNSR Board of Directors granted permission for ten locomotives of a slightly modified design incorporating a side-window cab, and Neilson, Reid & Co. were awarded the contract that November (Neilsons order no. E827) at a price of £2975 each.[2][3] Delivery commenced in October 1899, but by the time that the first five locomotives had been received by the GNSR (class V; numbers 113–115, 25, 26), they found that a downturn in traffic meant that not only were the remaining five not required, but that they would also be unable to pay for them. Accordingly, the GNSR requested that Neilsons should find an alternative buyer, and to obtain the best possible price. They were duly sold to the South Eastern and Chatham Railway for £3300 each, where they became that company's class G.[2][3] An offer from the SECR to purchase the first five as well, but at £3325 each, was turned down by the GNSR.[4]
A further eight locomotives (in two batches of four) to the same design as the 1899 batch were built by the GNSR at their Inverurie Works, Aberdeenshire, in 1909–10 (nos. 27, 29, 31, 36) and 1913–15 (nos. 28, 33, 35, 34). Once again, Pickersgill's recommended quantities were reduced: he had requested ten in 1903, and eight in 1911
Class F
The class F locomotives were the only ones to be named by the GNSR, all other classes being numbered only. The class originally comprised eight locomotives, six built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow in 1920, the remaining two by GNSR at Inverurie Works in 1921.


This first collection features the GNSR Pickersgill Class V locomotives
LNER days


2265

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D40 (GNSR Pickersgill Class V & Heywood Class F) 4-4-0 Locomotives - Railway-Photography
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6826 Elgin


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D40 (GNSR Pickersgill Class V & Heywood Class F) 4-4-0 Locomotives - Railway-Photography
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6828 Kittybrewster
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D40 (GNSR Pickersgill Class V & Heywood Class F) 4-4-0 Locomotives - Railway-Photography
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D40 (GNSR Pickersgill Class V & Heywood Class F) 4-4-0 Locomotives - Railway-Photography
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62260 Fraserburgh
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D40 (GNSR Pickersgill Class V & Heywood Class F) 4-4-0 Locomotives - Railway-Photography
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62260 Kittybrewster shed

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D40 (GNSR Pickersgill Class V & Heywood Class F) 4-4-0 Locomotives - Railway-Photography
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62264 Kittybrewster shed
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D40 (GNSR Pickersgill Class V & Heywood Class F) 4-4-0 Locomotives - Railway-Photography
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62267 Lossiemouth Harbour. Date unknown.Copyright N. E. Stead (with permission)
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D40 (GNSR Pickersgill Class V & Heywood Class F) 4-4-0 Locomotives - Railway-Photography
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62269 unknown location
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D40 (GNSR Pickersgill Class V & Heywood Class F) 4-4-0 Locomotives - Railway-Photography
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62269 Kittybrewster shed
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D40 (GNSR Pickersgill Class V & Heywood Class F) 4-4-0 Locomotives - Railway-Photography
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62270
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62270
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62271 Keith 29th May 1950
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D40 (GNSR Pickersgill Class V & Heywood Class F) 4-4-0 Locomotives - Railway-Photography
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62272
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62272 Kittybrewster shed
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D40 (GNSR Pickersgill Class V & Heywood Class F) 4-4-0 Locomotives - Railway-Photography
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