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 …

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. …

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 Pacifics. The first two A1 Pacifics were built in …

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 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 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 …

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 …

LNER Internal Combustion Locomotives Although all four post-Grouping companies pursued diesel traction, it was the LMS shunters and GWR railcars that were the most numerous. The LNER …

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

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 …