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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 ...
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 Class K4 class 2-6-0 steam locomotive No. 61994 The Great Marquess stands at Loughborough during the Great Central Railway's Steam Gala January 2011. This was the engine's final outing on the railway before returning to Scotland. One of the six strong class has survived into preservation, following the efforts of the late Viscount Garnock ...
All scrapped. The Great Northern Railway Class H2 and H3 (classified K1 and K2 by the LNER) was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive designed for mixed-traffic work. The class was created as a locomotive which could haul heavier goods trains at speeds of up to 40 mph. The class were later developed into the more powerful H4 ( LNER K3) class.
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) 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.
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.
LNER Class K5. The London and North Eastern Railway Class K5 consisted of a single rebuild of LNER Class K3 2-6-0 No. 206 (later No. 61863), rebuilt in 1945 by Edward Thompson. The rebuilt locomotive had a new boiler and two, instead of three, cylinders following earlier rebuilds of other Gresley designs. The aim of the rebuilds was to move ...