In 1948 and 1949, the newly-nationalised British Railways built, at its Doncaster and Darlington works, 49 class A1 Pacifics to the design of the LNER's last chief mechanical engineer, Arthur Peppercorn. Peppercorn's predecessor, Edward Thompson, had unveiled his controversial rebuild of Gresley's pioneer Pacific, No. 4470 Great Northern, in 1945, leaving very little of the original locomotive.
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机译：1948年和1949年，新近国有化的英国铁路公司在唐卡斯特（Doncaster）和达灵顿（Darlington）工厂建造了49座A1太平洋飞机，以设计LNER最后一位首席机械工程师Arthur Peppercorn。 Peppercorn的前任Edward Thompson于1945年揭露了他对Gresley的先驱Pacific No. 4470 Great Northern的有争议的改造，只留下了很少的原始机车。
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