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In the early Edwardian Period, several railways began experimenting with large tank engines, normally of an 0-8-2, 0-8-0, or 0-10-0 wheel arrangement. The Lancashire and Yorkshire's entry into this market was George Hughes' class 32 tanks, designed for heavy shunting at Aintree, but they fouled the electric third rail and were used elsewhere as shunters and bankers. The five members of the class were nicknamed "Little Egberts" after a troupe of circus elephants, but the origins of this name are somewhat unclear. Upon Grouping, they were designated as 6F by the LMS, but they had little use for them and they were withdrawn between 1927 and 1929. Only one received a coat of LMS black and its number of 11803.

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In the early Edwardian Period, several railways began experimenting with large tank engines, normally of an 0-8-2, 0-8-0, or 0-10-0 wheel arrangement. The Lancashire and Yorkshire's entry into this market was George Hughes' class 32 tanks, designed for heavy shunting at Aintree, but they fouled the electric third rail and were used elsewhere as shunters and bankers. The five members of the class were nicknamed "Little Egberts" after a troupe of circus elephants, but the origins of this name are somewhat unclear. Upon Grouping, they were designated as 6F by the LMS, but they had little use for them and they were withdrawn between 1927 and 1929. Only one received a coat of LMS black and its number of 11803.

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