Canonical locomotive pilot record
GNSR F Class No. 49 Gordon Highlander
Gordon Highlander opens the north-east company story through an identified GNSR locomotive while keeping the company's documented network distinct from an individual engine's unproven workings.
Established company, class and individual
Stable identity
What this record identifies
Classification, design and individual identities are kept separate so later numbers or related engines do not create duplicates.
- Classification
- GNSR F Class · later LNER D40 · 4-4-0
- Individual
- GNSR No. 49 Gordon Highlander
- Built
- North British Locomotive Co, Glasgow · 1920
- Later numbers
- LNER 6849 · LNER 2277 · BR 62277
Canonical record identifiers
srr:locomotive-classification:gnsr-f-classsrr:locomotive:49-gordon-highlandersrr:organisation:great-north-of-scotland-railway
Company and territory relationship · Established
A north-east railway represented without a false route claim
The GNSR Association class register identifies the F Class as eight T. Heywood 4-4-0s introduced in 1920; Science Museum Group documents the company's Aberdeenshire network and later LNER absorption. Those sources establish company, class and territory, but not which parts of that network No. 49 worked on a particular date.
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Evidence before certainty
Direct links support the published relationship. Remaining gaps stay alongside the record rather than being filled with typical or assumed details.
Still unresolved
- The displayed 1964 image does not identify its location.
- A dated pre-withdrawal working for No. 49 has not yet been attached.
- The company network description is not an individual locomotive route history.
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