BR Standard Class 7

BR Standard Class 7 No. 70029 Shooting Star

The BR Standard Class 7, otherwise known as the Britannia Class, is a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotive designed under Robert Riddles for use by British Railways for mixed traffic duties. Fifty-five were constructed between 1951 and 1954. The design employed results from the 1948 locomotive exchanges undertaken in advance of further locomotive classes being constructed. Three batches were constructed at Crewe Works, before the publication of the 1955 Modernisation Plan. They were numbered 70000–70054.

BR Standard Class 7 Media

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  70045 Lord Rowallan with LMS-style buffers.

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  70040 (Clive of India) at Beccles, East Suffolk Line.

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  Hugh llewelyn 70000 (6956634910)

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  70013, Oliver Cromwell, at Bressingham Steam Museum, UK.