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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]
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.
The Great Northern Railway is considered to have inspired (in broad outline, not in specific details) the Taggart Transcontinental railroad in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. [26] The song Great Northern by the Western band Riders In The Sky featured on their 2002 album Ridin' The Tweetsie Railroad describes a journey along the Great Northern ...
The starting point of The Great Northern Telegraph Company (now GN Store Nord) was a concession agreement, which C.F. Tietgen made with the Russian Tzar in 1869. The agreement gave The Great Northern Telegraph Company exclusive rights – and obligations – to establish and run a telegraph line in Russia.
Great Northern bean, a white common bean; Great Northern Brewing Co., an Australian beer manufacturer; Great Northern (country band), led by former Mission Mountain Wood Band member Rob Quist; Great northern diver (Gavia immer), a bird also known as the common loon; Great Northern Elevator, a historic grain elevator in Buffalo, New York
The Great Northern Wilderness was located in Heilongjiang, it was "the coldest and most deserted region in China" (192 Yang). [5] Nie Gannu was sent to a concentration camp there, and he was on the "fifth team of the 850 farm". [5] They were forced to work "from sunrise until dark, not allowing breaks even in severe weather conditions" (192 ...
All ten Great Northern units survived to the Burlington Northern Railroad merger. In BN service, the initial '1' of their numbers was replaced by a '9', and they were repainted into the railroad's green and black scheme. #989 burned in 1978 and was retired, but all other locomotives survived until withdrawal from BN service in 1982; this was a ...
For the rest of its working life, Great Northern achieved significantly higher availability than other Pacific classes on the LNER, with its first working year, 1946, achieving 83%. [14] This is partially due to the difference in maintenance approach between the Gresley locomotives, which were often run to failure, while Thompson Pacifics had ...