The Gresley D49 4-4-0 Hunt/Shire Class Immediately after Grouping in 1923, Gresley 's initial passenger locomotive priority was that of building up the A1 Pacific numbers for use on the fastest …

Constituent Companies The Railways Act of 1921 brought about the amalgamation of Britain's railways into four large companies, including the London & North Eastern Railway. This process of 'Grouping' …

The London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) Encyclopedia The LNER was one of the " Big Four " Railway Companies formed during the 1923 Grouping Act in Britain. As such it barely lasted 25 …

The LNER 2-8-2 (Mikado) Locomotives Despite the popularity of the "Mikado" 2-8-2 wheel arrangement in many other countries, the LNER was the only British company to operate standard gauge tender …

The LNER inherited over 1,000 examples (14% of the total) from all seven constituents – a total exceeded only by the 0-6-0 tender type. 0-6-0Ts were particularly popular with the Great Northern …

Locomotives This section of the LNER Encyclopedia describes all of the locomotive classes to serve with the LNER.

Drummond D51 (NBR Class R) 4-4-0T Tank Engines The D51s were the last passenger tank locomotives designed by Drummond for the North British Railway (NBR). A total of thirty locomotives …

The shed was large enough to hold the Easingwold's own locomotives, but locomotives on loan from the LNER and BR (J71 and J72 0-6-0Ts) were at least a foot too tall. These engines had to sit in-front of …

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 Great Northern Railway (GNR) answered this by introducing its first Atlantics (LNER C2), and in 1898 the North Eastern Railway (NER) proposed an enlarged 4-4-0. This quickly resulted in Wilson …