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Cartazzi axle on LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado. A Cartazzi axle is a design of leading or trailing wheel support [1] [2] [3] used worldwide. [4] [5] [6] [7 ...
The Great Northern Railway (GNR) Class C1 is a type of 4-4-2 steam locomotive. One, ex GNR 251 (later LNER 3251 in 1924, and LNER 2800 in 1946), survives in preservation. Much like their small boiler cousins, they were capable of reaching speeds of up to 90 mph (145 km/h). [2] [3] They were also known as Large Atlantics. [4] [5]
Following Gresley's sudden death in 1941 Edward Thompson took over and following the end of hostilities in 1945, Thompson made a request to his works staff that a locomotive be selected for rebuild, the first of Gresley's A1 Pacifics, Great Northern was selected and became the LNER Class A1/1 specification with divided drive and separate valve ...
Below is a table of information for the Great Northern Railway's steam roster with a symbol, Whyte notation, common name and notes. Included is a breakdown of the Great Northern classes, along with the date of their first construction (when known), builder, and road numbers.
An early type of booster used in Great Britain was the steam tender, which was tried in 1859 by Benjamin Connor of the Caledonian Railway on four 2-4-0 locomotives. Archibald Sturrock of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) patented a similar system on 6 May 1863 (patent no. 1135). It was used on fifty GNR 0-6-0 locomotives: thirty converted from ...
Thompson rebuilt the pioneer LNER Pacific Great Northern in 1945; originally this was the new Class A1, but the rebuild was not repeated. Instead, initiated by Thompson but largely taken forward by his successor Arthur Peppercorn , Great Northern was designated Class A1/1 , and a new class of Peppercorn A1s ordered.
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These engines conformed to Great Northern preference for boilers with Belpaire fireboxes. [15] Five more were built for the CB&Q in 1908. The CB&Q converted both groups to 0-8-0 switch engines in 1926–27. [16] The Northern Pacific Railroad acquired 16 similar engines in 1907. A Great Northern 2-6-6-2 pulling a stock train in North Dakota