Talk:NCC Class U2

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This article requires a major edit. The content of the text suggests that a previous editor may at times be referring to engines other than Class U2. This would be understandable; NCC locomotive history, especially that of the various classes of 4-4-0s is complex and potentially confusing. I concur with R.M. Arnold ^[1] when he writes "... we seem to be in a world of fantasy, of rebuilding, renumbering, reclassifying which, though for the sake of standardisation only, seems merely to complicate the situation."

The list of locomotives in the table is incomplete - there were 18 engines in the class.

Regarding the reference to the LMS 2P locomotive, a comparison of the principal dimensions of the two classes shows that they really quite different.

^ Arnold, R.M. (1973). NCC Saga. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 5644 5. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help) Page 64.

Geologue 02:07, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Arnold, R.M. (1973). NCC Saga. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 5644 5. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help) Page 64.

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