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

The LNER 'J' 0-6-0 Locomotives: J1 - J20 The 0-6-0 wheel arrangement was by far the most numerous used by the LNER. It was used mainly for locomotives intended for freight, branch, …

LNER 2-6-0 Mogul Locomotives The Mogul was a versatile type, superseding the 0-6-0 for freight or substituting for the 4-6-0 as a mixed traffic design. The GER introduced 2-6-0s for coal …

The LNER 4-4-0 'American' Locomotives D1-D24 The 4-4-0 was introduced to Britain in the 1850s with outside cylinders. The inside cylinder form became the archetypical British express …

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

The Class J15 (GER Class Y14) 0-6-0 Locomotives 1882 saw the beginning of a friendly relationship with the neighbouring Great North Railway (GNR), and the opening of the GN&GE …

Sir Nigel Gresley Sir Nigel Gresley is probably the most famous locomotive designer associated with the LNER, and served as the LNER's Chief Mechanical Engineer for most of the LNER's …

The WD "Austerity" O7 locomotives were mainly used by the LNER for the same kinds of duties that their other 2-8-0s were used for, namely freight and heavy mineral traffic.

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 …