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Thompson A2s were given 1946 numbers from rebuilding. The A2/1 becoming 507-10, A2/2 501-6, and the A2/3 becoming 500/11-24. A single Peppercorn Class A2, No. 525, was completed before nationalisation in 1948, but a further 6 were given LNER numbers (Nos 526-31) before BR
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was fitted with a modified A1 boiler, but otherwise the A2s bore little resemblance to the remaining LNER Pacifics which were the continued evolution of the same basic
Gresley design. The Raven Class A2s were all withdrawn from stock in 1936/7, freeing the A2 designation for later reuse.
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Roundhouse awaiting restoration
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