Great Northern Railway Ivatt 'D1 & D2' class 4-4-0s Nos. 1366 (D2) and 63 (D1). 1366 built at Doncaster in October 1900 and withdrawn in August 1947 as LNER No. 2170. 63 built at Doncaster in June 1911 and withdrawn in October 1949 still as LNER No. 2214.

Both classes are at Grantham in the 1910s. As introduced, the Ivatt 'D1' and 'D2' classes were primary GNR motive power but were rapidly usurped by the 'C2' and 'C1' Atlantics. Gradually relegated further down the league tables, they lived out their lives on increasingly secondary duties. Many were transferred to Scotland, but were detested by Scottish crews 'as GNR 'cast-offs' and most were returned south eventually where they managed 30-40 year lives. The classes were extinct by the end of 1951.

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