Rapido 932004 OO Gauge LNER Y7 0-4-0 Tank 129 Darlington Works Livery

Name: Rapido 932004 OO Gauge LNER Y7 0-4-0 Tank 129 Darlington Works Livery
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Rapido 932004 OO Gauge LNER Y7 0-4-0 Tank 129 Darlington Works Livery\n--View Our eBay Store\n--About Us\n--View Our Feedback\n--Visit Our WebsiteRapido 932004 OO Gauge LNER Y7 0-4-0 Tank 129 Darlington Works LiverySummaryRapido 932004 OO Gauge LNER Y7 0-4-0 Tank 129 Darlington Works Livery\nThe LNER Y7, which started life at the North Eastern Railway's H. The first six were built in 1888 to Thomas Worsdell's design, to replace elderly Manning Wardle locomotives on the NER's docks. \nThey were the perfect dockyard locomotive. They were rugged and simple. Their short wheelbase could navigate the tight curves and poor track but their relatively large boilers created plenty of steam to shunt large trains. The first batch proved so successful that a further ten locomotives were ordered in 1891 followed by another three in 1897. \nAll 19 passed into LNER ownership at the Grouping where, newly classified Y7, they could be found all over the network. The LNER found them so useful that a fur.