NER Class X1 No. 66 "Aerolite"

North Eastern Railway No. 66, named Aerolite is a 2-2-4T it was built in 1869 to replace a destroyed Kitson locomotive of the same name and to haul the Mechanical Engineer's saloon coach, which is also preserved on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.
It was rebuilt extensively several times during its career. It was classified X1 by the LNER in 1923 and was retired in 1933, being preserved at York the following year.
It can be found today at the National Railway Museum in York where it is today placed on public display.
== In Popular Culture ==
The NER X1 Class No.66 'Aerolite' is used as basis for Whiff in Thomas & Friends.
== Gallery ==
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