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Fifty-nine of the class would receive names and they were known as\u00a0<i>&#8216;Bongos&#8217;\u00a0<\/i>due to the forty-one locomotives of the class named after breeds of antelope, including 8306 (later 1005, then 61005) &#8216;<i>Bongo<\/i>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Though Thompson would design a number of other locomotives, the B1 is widely regarded as his most successful. 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