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Locomotives of the London and North Eastern Railway

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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 iconic locomotive of its day, 4468 'Mallard', the holder of the world steam locomotive speed record. It also built the world-famous 4472 'Flying Scotsman'. However, its locomotive inheritance was much greater than just the 'A4 Class', it also produced highly successful mixed-traffic and freight designs.

Contents

  • For an explanation of the classification and numbering systems used by the LNER and its constituent companies, see: LNER locomotive numbering and classification.

    • Great Central Railway

    Including the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway

    John G. Robinson (1900–22)

    see John G. Robinson

    Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway

    The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway was absorbed by the Great Central Railway on 1 January 1907.

    Great North of Scotland Railway

    In 1923 the Great North of Scotland Railway passed on a total of 122 locomotives, 100 4-4-0 tender locomotives and 22 tank engines, all capable of being used on either passenger or goods trains, to the LNER.

    Hull and Barnsley Railway

    The H&BR was taken over by the North Eastern Railway (NER) in 1922.

    Metropolitan Railway

    These three classes were taken into LNER stock on 1 November 1937. The other former Metropolitan locomotives were retained by London Transport, which had acquired all of them at its formation on 1 July 1933.

    Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway

    M&GN locomotives were taken into LNER stock on 1 October 1936.

    Peppercorn designs

    Another A1, "Tornado" has been built by subscription among LNER (and other) locomotive enthusiasts, and came into service in 2008. In total it cost £3 million. Again under the chairmanship of Mark Allatt, the team is (2014) now raising funds most successfully to build another Gresley P2 2-8-2 of the "Cock O'the North" Class, to be called "Prince of Wales". Both new steam locomotives are the product of a restored railway works in Darlington.

    Other designs

  • LNER Class J72 – NER Class E1
  • LNER Class J94 – WD Austerity 0-6-0ST
  • LNER Class O6 – LMS Stanier Class 8F – 60 loaned to the LNER 1943–47; 68 purchased 1945–46, sold to LMS 1947
  • LNER Class O7 – WD Austerity 2-8-0 – 350 loaned to the LNER 1943–47; 200 purchased 1946; 270 loaned to the LNER 1947
  • USATC S160 Class – 168 loaned to the LNER 1942–1945
  • WD Austerity 2-10-0 – 13 loaned to the LNER 1943–44; 20 loaned 1945–46
  • LNER Class Y1 – Sentinel shunter
  • LNER Class Y3 – Sentinel shunter
  • LNER Class Y10 – Sentinel shunter
  • LNER Class Y11 – Simplex 0-4-0 petrol locomotive (later British Rail 15097–15099)

    • Post-Nationalisation

    British Railways continued to build LNER designs (the B1 and L1 classes in particular) immediately after Nationalisation. Remarkably, it even built a new series of shunting locomotives (J72 class) to a pre-Grouping design (of the North Eastern Railway). However, it was to be the Eastern Region that took the first of BR's new Standard locomotives, 70000 'Britannia', for its Great Eastern Main Line workings to Norwich in 1951.

    BR built 396 locomotives to ex-LNER designs. One of these, the J72 Class was a North Eastern Railway design dating from 1898.

    Withdrawal

    Withdrawal of ex-LNER locomotives took place throughout the 1960s, with some of the once high-profile 'A4 Class' locomotives ending their lives on heavy freight trains in Scotland; a far cry from the glamorous express workings of the late 1930s.

    Preservation

    Several of the many LNER locomotives have been preserved.

  • Six A4 Pacifics
  • One A3 Pacific
  • One A2 Peppercorn
  • One A1 Peppercorn (new-built with modern safety features for main-line running)
  • Two B1s
  • One D49
  • One D40
  • One D26
  • One D17/1 (displayed)
  • One O4 2-8-0
  • One D11 4-4-0
  • One C1
  • One C2
  • One K4
  • One K1
  • One V2
  • One B12
  • One J27
  • One J21
  • One Q6 0-8-0
  • One E6
  • One E5 Tank
  • One E4
  • One J36
  • One J15
  • One J17
  • One J72 Tank
  • One Q7
  • One J69
  • One N2 Tank
  • One J52 Tank
  • One N7 Tank
  • One Y9 Tank
  • One Y5 Tank
  • One X1 (one-off example/displayed)
  • Two Y7 Tanks
  • One Y1

    • References

    Locomotives of the London and North Eastern Railway Wikipedia
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