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Kenilworth Junction Signal Cabin as ex-LNWR 0-8-0 'Super D' No 9130 slows down to allow the fireman to collect the token

Kenilworth Junction Signal Cabin, as ex-LNWR 0-8-0 'Super D' No 9130 slows down to allow the fireman to collect the token circa 1936. The London and North Western Railway 'G' Class along with modifications that made them into 'G1', 'G2' and 'G2a' classes, was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives designed for heavy freight work. The 'G' class were originally introduced in 1906 as modifications of Webb's 4-cylinder compound 'B' Class 0-8-0s by removing their outside cylinders to give a simpler two cylinder layout. From 1912 superheating was introduced and most of the 'B' class were converted into 'G1' Class, not 'G' Class. The 'G2' class were new builds with increased boiler pressure from 160psi to 175psi. Some 'G1s' were converted to 'G2a' classes after their boiler pressure was increased. They were known to railway enthusiasts as 'Super Ds' because a large number of the 'G1' class locomotives were rebuilt from George Whale D class 0-8-0s with superheating, with super short for superheated. To be strictly accurate the nickname should not have been applied to all of the 'G' variants but as they looked the same the nickname was applied to all variants.

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