Thompson did something to P2s
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/York_Locomotive_Yard_with_A2-2_Pacific_geograph-2827807-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
and mr Corbs did better.
http://www.rmweb.co....-1505684845.jpg
The B16 and A2 designs from Raven before 1924 was known to mr Thompson,son in law of mr Raven.
The B16 earned their keep and the A2s did not really.
A2s changed crankaxles within two years from new and the B16s never did according to Yeadon.
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Think you're being a bit harsh about the Raven A2s; they were by all accounts very good engines which ran until the need for overhaul and the desire to standardise on the Gresley's, under Gresley's direction, understandably put an end to them. The A1s were as good as anything in the country except perhaps a GW Castle when they were first introduced, and improved into A3s were very good indeed; to be a Raven A2, still a good loco but not up to that standard, is no real shame.
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