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[[File:{{Infobox steam loco|image = Longmoor Military Railway Gordon Severn Valley Railway.jpg|thumbcaption = LMR 600 Gordon|300pxconstruc = North British Locomotive Co|rightwheels = 2-10-0|status = Out of service|locono = LMR 600 Gordon |othernos = WD 73651|designed = Robert Riddles|locotype = '''WD Austerity 2-10-0'''|built = 1943|years1 = 1971|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = 1999|events2 = Last steamed on static display SVR|length = 58ft 10¼"|weight = 94t 9cwt|power = 34,215 lb|pressure = 225 lb/sq in The Engine House]]}}Longmoor Military Railway No. 600 'Gordon' was built in 1943 at the North British Locomotive Company’s Hyde Park Works in Glasgow as works number 25437. The locomotive, which is named after General Gordon of Khartoum, is a World War 2 ‘Austerity’ locomotive designed by R. A. Riddles, and was the second of 150 such locomotives built. It was originally numbered WD 73651 for the War Department.
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The standard War Department [[Whyte notation | 2-8-0]] freight locomotive was a simplified version of the LMS 8F. The [[Whyte notation | 2-10-0]] design was introduced to give a reduced axle loading, mainly intended for overseas use where track quality could be worse than the UK. To enable the locomotive to negotiate sharp curves, the 2-10-0’s centre driving wheels are flangeless whilst the next pairs have reduced flanges (a feature continued in the BR Standard 9F).
