Designed by Edward Thompson, the LNER Thompson Class B1 was a wartime utility mixed-traffic locomotive for general passenger and freight duties. A total of 410 were produced between 1942 and 1952.

Designed by Edward Thompson, the LNER Thompson Class B1 was a wartime utility mixed-traffic locomotive for general passenger and freight duties. A total of 410 were produced between 1942 and 1952.

Tanni Grey-Thompson, an 11-time Paralympic gold medalist was forced to crawl off an LNER train when staff failed to assist her as she attempted to travel to Paris for the Games this week.

So said former Paralympic champion Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson after she revealed she had to “crawl” off an LNER train when no station staff were available to assist her.