the remaining locomotives were mainly allocated to Colchester and were predominantly used on services between Liverpool Street and Clacton. Many publications list "B17/B2" together and consider the types interchangeable which may lead to the type being overlooked; a list of locomotives allocated to Colchester in 1951 and labelled as "B2/B17" shows eight B2s and no B17s. Due to the size of the turntables on the Great Eastern section, locomotives were sometimes used with tenders that were shorter than those originally designed. At least one B2 was recorded as being paired with a tender of NER origin rather than the longer B17 tender. The last B2 was withdrawn in 1959. References Citations References Further reading External links The Thompson B2 4-6-0s LNER encyclopedia B02 Thompson 4-6-0 locomotives 2′C h2 locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1945 Scrapped locomotives Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain Rebuilt locomotives