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 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 …

LNER 2-4-0 Locomotives 2-4-0 Tender Locomotives 2-4-0 tender locomotives were an evolutionary step in express passenger design, coming after the 'Singles' (eg. 2-2-2s and 4-2-2s) but before the 4-4-0s …

Describes the LNER Thompson O1 2-8-0 Locomotives The Thompson O1 2-8-0 Locomotives Thompson became the LNER's CME in 1941, and quickly initiated a programme of standardisation. …

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

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 …

Describes the Gresley 4-6-4 W1 'Hush-Hush' Locomotive The Gresley W1 4-6-4 "Hush-Hush" Locomotive The experimental Gresley W1 No. 10000 "Hush-Hush" was the only 4-6-4 tender …

The U1 Garratt ('The Wath Banker') In 1910, the Great Central Railway initiated the design of a 4-cylinder Garratt. This was probably based on a pre-existing 0-8-0 design (LNER class Q4), but over …

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 …

LNER 4-6-0 Locomotives Originally introduced to Britain in 1894 for freight haulage, 4-6-0 locomotives ("Ten-Wheelers" in American railroad jargon) became the predominant type for express and mixed …