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==Trials== The class was criticised in letters to [[The Engineer (UK magazine)|The Engineer]] for being expensive to build and maintain and Churchward was asked by his Directors to explain why 'the [[London and North Western Railway]] could build three 4-6-0 locomotives for the cost of two of his.' His response was 'Because one of mine could pull two of their bloody things backwards'.<ref name=Nock48>{{harvnb |Nock |1980 |p=48}}</ref> As a result, there were exchange trials proposed by Churchward with a [[LNWR Whale Experiment Class]] during August 1910 which vindicated the Star Class in terms of performance and coal consumption.
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