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T for shunting. At his retirement at the end of 1898, the SER had 459 engines, of which 384 were to
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250:of 1873. Stirling also invented a
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1160:Bradley, D.L. (September 1985) .
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182:Glasgow and South Western Railway
159:Glasgow and South Western Railway
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269:for suburban passenger, and an
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43:James Stirling (1835–1917)
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212:Great Northern Railway
171:Galston, East Ayrshire
63:Galston, East Ayrshire
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228:South Eastern Railway
222:South Eastern Railway
163:South Eastern Railway
139:South Eastern Railway
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30:For other uses, see
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1101:, pp. 160–171.
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634:design modified by
126:Locomotive engineer
1234:Webb, Ben (1946).
797:27 to B1, 1910–27
771:13 to R1, 1910–22
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720:55 to Q1, 1903–17
671:59 to O1, 1903–32
117:Engineering career
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16:(Redirected from
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1335:1917 deaths
1330:1835 births
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1051:Baxter 1984
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1027:Baxter 1984
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998:Baxter 1984
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974:Baxter 1984
962:Baxter 1984
945:Baxter 1984
880:Groves 1986
868:Baxter 1984
238:Locomotives
131:Employer(s)
90:Nationality
1324:Categories
1306:1878–1898
1274:1866-1878
1238:. London:
1207:Nock, O.S.
1145:References
911:, para. 2.
522:220 class
499:218 class
332:159 class
310:157 class
208:Kilmarnock
204:Manchester
123:Discipline
98:Occupation
65:, Scotland
55:1835-10-02
1240:Ian Allan
1225:2 January
921:Nock 1987
897:Nock 1987
847:Webb 1946
570:113 class
546:221 class
452:208 class
404:187 class
234:in 1917.
216:Doncaster
84:, England
1209:(1987).
806:See also
788:1898–99
763:1888–98
737:1883–98
712:1881–97
688:1879–81
662:1878–99
604:1877–78
595:13 class
580:1875–76
555:1874–78
437:1871–74
428:65 class
413:1870–71
389:1870–71
380:75 class
365:1868–70
318:1866–70
297:Rebuilt
101:Engineer
93:Scottish
779:B class
753:R class
728:F class
703:Q class
679:A class
653:O class
619:1 class
485:1873–7
476:6 class
356:8 class
314:0-4-0ST
192:Patrick
157:of the
1267:of the
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708:0-4-4T
624:0-4-4T
294:Notes
291:Total
288:Built
280:Class
267:0-4-4T
177:Career
106:Parent
823:Notes
784:4-4-0
758:0-6-0
733:4-4-0
684:4-4-0
658:0-6-0
628:1879
600:0-6-0
575:0-4-0
551:0-4-2
531:1874
526:0-4-0
508:1873
503:0-4-0
481:4-4-0
461:1873
457:0-4-2
433:0-4-0
409:0-4-2
385:2-4-0
361:2-4-0
341:1867
336:2-2-2
283:Wheel
271:0-6-0
263:0-6-0
259:4-4-0
244:4-4-0
1227:2009
1193:ISBN
1189:RCTS
1170:ISBN
1166:RCTS
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665:122
300:Ref
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49:Born
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607:12
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338:WT
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