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'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 …

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 haulage as …

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 locomotive in the …

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' …

Describes the Gresley P2 Passenger 2-8-2 (Mikado) Locomotives The Gresley P2 Passenger 2-8-2 (Mikado) Locomotives The P2s were designed to handle the express passenger traffic on the …

The North Eastern Railway was one of the largest constituent companies, and was the only constituent company to become a complete LNER Area at Grouping. The NER's wealth was built on freight and …

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 …

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