The London and North Eastern Railway's mixed traffic Thompson B1 Class locomotive is now available for Train Simulator, and includes scenarios specially created for the popular Woodhead Line. Designed by Edward Thompson, chief mechanical engineer for the LNER, the prototype for the new 4-6-0 'B Class' (later classified as 'B1 Class') was the first two-cylinder main line locomotive built by the LNER. The B1 was designed for medium mixed traffic use but also had the requirement of being cheap t...
