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LNER Thompson/PeppercornClass K1. Water cap. The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class K1 is a type of 2-6-0 (mogul) steam locomotive designed by Edward Thompson. Thompson preferred a simple two-cylinder design instead of his predecessor Nigel Gresley 's three-cylinder one. The seventy K1s were intended to be split between the North ...
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) produced several classes of locomotive, mostly to the designs of Nigel Gresley, characterised by a three-cylinder layout with a parallel boiler and round-topped firebox. It produced the most famous locomotive of its day, 4468 'Mallard', the holder of the world steam locomotive speed record.
GNR Class H4. A Gresley K3 class 2-6-0 passes Bempton railway station on a short Class C (Fish) train. The Great Northern Railway Class H4 (classified K3 by the LNER) was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive designed for mixed-traffic work. The type was a more powerful development of the earlier H3 (LNER K2) class and was notable at the time, as ...
LNER (Pre 1946): 3441-3446. LNER (Post 1946) 1993-1998. BR: 61993-61998. Withdrawn. 1961. Disposition. One preserved, remainder scrapped. The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class K4 is a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley for the steep grades of the West Highland Line.
10000. Experimental Class W1 locomotive (retained 1924 number) 4-6-4. In each class, individual engines were numbered in order of construction (with a small number of exceptions, most notably the ' A4 ' class where locomotives carrying the names of the LNER's directors were given 'significant numbers' 1-4).
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class V2 2-6-2 steam locomotives were designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for express mixed traffic work, and built at the LNER shops at Doncaster and Darlington between 1936 and 1944. The best known is the first of the class, 4771 (later 800 and 60800) Green Arrow, which is the sole survivor of the class.
LNER Class B17. B17/6 No. 61642 Kilverstone Hall. The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class B17, also known as "Sandringham" or "Footballer" class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley for hauling passenger services on the Great Eastern Main Line. In total 73 were built.
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class V1 and Class V3 were two classes of related 2-6-2 T steam locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley. [1] A total of 82 V1s were built with 71 being rebuilt into the higher pressure V3s with an additional ten being built as V3s from the final batch of V1s. The V3 was a development of the V1 with ...