
LNER Encyclopedia: The 0-6-0 'J' Class Locomotives of the LNER
The LNER 'J' 0-6-0 Locomotives: J1 - J20 The 0-6-0 wheel arrangement was by far the most numerous used by the LNER. It was used mainly for locomotives intended for freight, branch, and shunting …
LNER Encyclopedia: The Gresley A4 Pacifics
The LNER's Express Pacific designs were probably the most famous of the LNER locomotives. And of these Pacifics, the A4 is probably the most famous of all. Its distinctive streamlined casing has come …
The LNER A1 and A3 Gresley Pacifics
The LNER A1 and A3 Gresley Pacifics Gresley is most famous for his LNER Pacifics. Although they reached their peak with the streamlined A4 s, this famous line of ' racehorses ' began with the A1 …
LNER Encyclopedia: The LNER 2-6-0 'Mogul' Locomotives
LNER 2-6-0 Mogul Locomotives The Mogul was a versatile type, superseding the 0-6-0 for freight or substituting for the 4-6-0 as a mixed traffic design. The GER introduced 2-6-0s for coal haulage as …
The LNER 4-4-0 'American' Locomotives D1-D24
The LNER 4-4-0 'American' Locomotives D1-D24 The 4-4-0 was introduced to Britain in the 1850s with outside cylinders. The inside cylinder form became the archetypical British express locomotive in the …
LNER Encyclopedia: The LNER Holden E4 (GER T26) 2-4-0 Locomotives
The Holden E4 (GER T26) 2-4-0 Locomotives James Holden designed his T26 2-4-0s (LNER E4) in 1891, to meet the Great Eastern Railway's (GER) need for a mixed traffic locomotive. Intended to …
LNER Encyclopedia: The A1 and A3 Racehorses
Thank you to Kevin Knight of the N-Gauge Listserver, for the above race information. Return to the Gresley A1 and A3 Pacific Page.
LNER Encyclopedia: Sir Nigel Gresley
Sir Nigel Gresley Sir Nigel Gresley is probably the most famous locomotive designer associated with the LNER, and served as the LNER's Chief Mechanical Engineer for most of the LNER's life. Gresley …
LNER Encyclopedia: The LNER 4-4-2 Atlantic Locomotives
The LNER 4-4-2 Atlantic Locomotives Britain's first Atlantic appeared on the Great Northern Railway (GNR) in 1898 as an enlargement of the ubiquitous 4-4-0 for express work, building 116 examples of …
LNER Encyclopedia: The LNER 4-6-2 Pacific Locomotives
Describes the LNER 4-6-2 Pacific LocomotivesLNER 4-6-2 Pacific Locomotives The LNER's Express Pacific designs were probably the most famous of the LNER locomotives. Even today, two of these …