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 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 …

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

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 …

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 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 …

The Drummond Y9 (NBR Class G) 0-4-0ST Shunters The NBR Class G locomotives were introduced by Drummond. The first two were purchased in 1882 from Neilson & Co, to their standard design. …

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 …

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. …

The LNER would give them the classification of B12, and would find the combination of low axle loading and short wheelbase very useful attributes. As an evolution of the Claud Hamilton design, the driving …