Sir Nigel Gresley

Robinson class B7 The Great Central Railway class 9Q (LNER class B7) 4-6-0s we designed by John G. Robinson for mixed traffic work and introduced in 1921. The LNER class B7, originally known as the GCR class 9Q, was a series of 4-6-0 mixed traffic locomotives designed by John G. Robinson, known for their versatility…

Raven class A8 The LNER class A8 was a 4-6-2T rebuilt by Gresley between 1931 and 1936 from the earlier class H1 4-4-4Ts of 1913 designed by Sir Vincent Raven. The LNER class A8 was a 4-6-2T steam locomotive designed for heavy suburban traffic and long-distance coastal trains, rebuilt by Gresley from the earlier class…

Robinson class A5 The Great Central Railway class 9N (LNER class A5) was a class of 4-6-2T locomotives designed by John G. Robinson and introduced in 1911. The Great Central Railway (GCR) Class 9N (LNER class A5) was Robinson’s last passenger tank design. They were designed to pull the difficult suburban services out of Marylebone,…

Raven class A2 The North Eastern Railway class was a class of 4-6-2 ‘Pacifics’ designed by Sir Vincent Raven and introduced in 1922. The North Eastern Railway’s (NER) development of express passenger locomotives was held up by World War 1 but resumed in 1921 with development of the very successful Raven ‘Atlantic’ class C7. Greater…