4-6-0 Class B17 LNER Profile and Models

4-6-0 Class B17 LNER

61660 at Sheffield Victoria in July 1950. ©Ben Brooksbank

The fleet of Class B17 locomotives were designed by Nigel Gresley to haul passenger services along the Great Eastern Main Line. Due to weight restrictions and the former GER B12s no longer able to haul heavy trains, there was a requirement for a lightweight yet powerful 4-6-0 - which proved difficult to achieve. The locomotives utilised features from other LNER classes such as the A1, K3 and O2 but difficulties in ensuring the B17s would be capable on the line drew out the construction process. In service, the class received the nicknames “Sandringhams” and “Footballers”  and survived up until 1960 following nationalisation.
 
 

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

North British Locomotive Co
Darlington Works
R. Stephenson & Co

Build Date

1928 to 1937

Total Built

73

Tractive Effort

25,380 lbf (B17/1 to B17/5) or 28,553 lbf (B17/6)

Wheel Configuration

4-6-0

Operated By

London & North Eastern Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Express & Secondary Passenger

In Service Until

1960

Surviving Examples

0 (1 new build & 1 replica under constuction)

 

Products awaiting categorisation

Scale Brand Image Construction Type DCC Capability Product Code Product Title Livery
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) McGowan No image available Requires assembly Not set B17MG
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Class B17/1 4-6-0 Locomotive Kit Awaiting Categorisation
N Gauge Dapol No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set H741
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Class B17 4-6-0 "Doncaster Rovers" 61657 in LNER lined green LNER green
N Gauge Dapol No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set H743
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Class B17 4-6-0 "Darlington" 61652 in BR green with late crest BR green with early emblem
N Gauge Dapol ND079Set1 Train pack with Class B17 4-6-0 "Doncaster Rovers" 61657 in LNER lined green & 3 Gresley coaches in teak RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set ND079Set1
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Train pack with Class B17 4-6-0 "Doncaster Rovers" 61657 in LNER lined green & 3 Gresley coaches in teak BR plain green
N Gauge Dapol No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set ND079Set2loco
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Class B17 4-6-0 61652 "Darlington" in BR Green split from ND079Set2 pack BR green with early emblem
N Gauge Dapol No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set ND079Set3
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Train pack with Class B17 4-6-0 "Leicester City" 61665 in BR lined green with late crest & 6 Blue spot fish vans BR green with early emblem