 Repeat orders were placed for older designs, some of which dated back to James Holden's predecessor, T.W.Worsdell.There were some new designs, the most notable of which was the Class S69 4-6-0 of 1911, the first six-coupled express locomotives on the GER, a total of 81 being built down to 1928; under the LNER, some of these were sent to north-eastern Scotland.