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[quote]QUOTE: <br />I thought I might check my facts on Australian steam locomotives, and I find that the NSW Vulcan Foundry "H" class 4-4-0 of 1887 was right hand drive, but the 1892 Beyer Peacock "P" class 4-6-0 of 1892 was built as left hand drive. This was a bit earlier than I had indicated. Baldwin locomotives purchased about this time for use in NSW were right hand drive, however. <br />As to British locomotives, the side may have varied from one railway to another, but the London and North Eastern Railway class A1, including the well known 4472 "Flying Scotsman" were initially built as right hand drive. So were the other LNER contemporary "pacific" type locomotives, the class A2 designed by Sir Vincent Raven, suggesting that both the Great Northern and North Eastern railways used right hand drive at the time of the grouping in 1923. <br />It appears that the later Gresley locomotives of class A3, with higher pressure boilers, were built with left hand drive from about 1928. However, some locomotives built with right hand drive retained this feature until at least 1951, following nationalization of British Railways, even if they had been rebuilt with the higher pressure boilers. "Flying Scotsman" had been rebuilt before its withdrawal for preservation, and had left hand drive during its visit to the USA. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Are you trying to help us find the answer, or confuse us more?? [8)][?][?][:D]
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