GCR Class 11F

The 11F Class was initially used on passenger work on the GCR system, including fast expresses from Sheffield Victoria to London Marylebone. Later in their careers, they were used on short-distance passenger trains. On lines of the Cheshire Lines Committee during the late 1940s and early 1950s, they hauled expresses between Manchester Central and Liverpool Central; also semi-fast trains from Manchester Central via Northwich to Chester Northgate.

Their 6 ft 9 inches driving wheels made them fast locos, but consequently unsuitable for hauling freight trains. The eleven original 11F locos were withdrawn during 1959 and 1960 as diesel multiple units took over operation of the shorter distance passenger trains. The final Scottish D11/2 was withdrawn in January 1962.{{cite magazine|title=The Robinson 'D11' 4-4-0s|first=Evan|last=Green-Hughes|magazine=Hornby Magazine|pages=80–83|issue=65|date=November 2012|location=Hersham|publisher=Ian Allan Publishing|issn=1753-2469|oclc=226087101}}

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The sixth member of the class, No. 506 Butler-Henderson, was withdrawn from use by British Railways during 1960. It has been preserved as part of the UK National Collection and currently wears restored GCR colours. No. 506 is the only surviving GCR passenger locomotive.

The locomotive operated passenger trains on the preserved Great Central Railway in Leicestershire during the late 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s but is now out of running order. The locomotive was placed on long-term loan for static display at Barrow Hill Engine Shed, near Chesterfield, in 2005, where she currently resides.{{cite web |url= http://www.nrm.org.uk/OurCollection/UsingTheRailway/CollectionItem.aspx?objid=1978-7030 |title= Director class "Butler Henderson", Great Central Railway |publisher= The Board of Trustees of the National Railway Museum |location= York |date= 6 February 2014 |access-date= 2 February 2014 |archive-date= 20 February 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140220091614/http://www.nrm.org.uk/OurCollection/UsingTheRailway/CollectionItem.aspx?objid=1978-7030 |url-status= dead }}

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In 2012, Bachmann Branchline introduced models of the D11 in other Great Central liveries, LNER liveries and British Railway liveries.{{cite magazine|title=Bachmann delivers 'Scottish Director'|first=Mike|last=Wild|magazine=Hornby Magazine|pages=78–79|issue=65|date=November 2012|location=Hersham|publisher=Ian Allan Publishing|issn=1753-2469|oclc=226087101}} In 2012, Bachmann produced an exclusive OO gauge model of No. 506 Butler-Henderson for the National Railway Museum shop, as a hundred-piece limited edition in Great Central livery.{{cite web| url=http://www.hornbymagazine.com/2013/03/08/butler-henderson-arrives/| title=Butler Henderson Arrives!| website=Hornby Magazine| date=8 March 2013}}{{cite magazine|title=New 'Director' for NRM|magazine=British Railway Modelling|page=76|volume=20|issue=9|date=December 2012|location=Bourne|publisher=Warners Group Publications|issn=0968-0764|oclc=1135061879}} Bachmann's general production run of the model totalled 1,500.{{cite magazine|title=Butler Henderson|first=Tony|last=Wright|magazine=British Railway Modelling|page=92|volume=20|issue=9|date=December 2012|location=Bourne|publisher=Warners Group Publications|issn=0968-0764|oclc=1135061879}}

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• [http://www.lner.info/locos/D/d11.shtml LNER encyclopedia]
• [http://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=D11/1 Railuk database D11/1]
• [http://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteamclass.php?item=D11/2 Railuk database D11/2]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20050209072704/http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/locos/e506.htm Great Central Railway page on 506]

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