Gresley Locomotives – Sir Nigel Gresley

Locomotives

Details of the locomotive’s designed by Sir Nigel Gresley.

Class J6

The Great Northern Railway class J6 was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives introduced in 1911.
Class K1/K2

The Great Northern Railway Class H2 and H3 (classified K1 and K2 by the LNER) was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for mixed-traffic work.
Class O1

The Great Northern Railway (GNR) class O1 was a class of two-cylinder 2-8-0 steam locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley for heavy freight work and built by the GNR between 1913 and 1919.
Class J50/J51

The Great Northern Railway class J23 (LNER J50/51) 0-6-0T was designed by Nigel Gresley in 1913 for working the steeply graded lines in the West Riding.
Class 02

The Great Northern Railway (GNR) class O2 was a class of three-cylinder 2-8-0 steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley for freight work and built by the GNR from 1921.
Class K3

The Great Northern Railway Class H4 (LNER class K3) was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley for mixed-traffic work.
Class N2

The Great Northern Railway (GNR) class N2 is an 0-6-2T side tank steam locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley and introduced in 1920.
Class A1/A3

The London and North Eastern Railway class A1 and class A3 were 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotives designed in 1922 for the Great Northern Railway by Nigel Gresley for express passenger work.
Class P1

The London and North Eastern Railway class P1 Mineral 2-8-2 Mikado was a class of two freight locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley in 1925.
Class U1

The London and North Eastern Railway class U1 was a solitary 2-8-0+0-8-2 Garratt locomotive built in 1925 for banking coal trains over the Worsborough Bank on the Woodhead Route.
Class J38

The London and North Eastern Railway class J38 was designed by Nigel Gresley for freight transport and introduced in 1926.
Class J39

The LNER Class J39 was a class of medium powered 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed by Nigel Gresleyfor mixed-traffic work throughout the former LNER system.
Class D49

The London and North Eastern Railway class D49 is a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley in 1927 for intermediate express duties.
Class B17

The London and North Eastern Railway class B17, also known as “Sandringham” or “Footballer” class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley for hauling passenger services on the Great Eastern Main Line.
Class W1

The LNER class W1 No. 10000 “Hush-Hush” was an experimental steam locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley in 1929 and fitted with a high-pressure water-tube boiler.
Class V1/V3

The London and North Eastern Railway classes V1/V3 were 2-6-2T steam locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley in 1930 for suburban passenger work.
Class P2

The London and North Eastern Railway class P2 was a class of 2-8-2 steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley for working heavy express trains over the harsh Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line.
Class A4

The London and North Eastern Railway class A4 is a class of streamlined 4-6-2 steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley in 1935.
Class V2

The London and North Eastern Railway class V2 2-6-2 steam locomotives were designed in 1936 by Sir Nigel Gresley for express mixed traffic work.
Class K4

The London and North Eastern Railway class K4 is a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for the steep grades of the West Highland Line.
Class V4

The class V4 2-6-2 was a lightweight, versatile locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for mixed traffic on secondary routes, with only two built due to wartime constraints.
Class EM1

The prototype LNER class EM1, No. 6701 was a mixed-traffic 1500 volts DC, Bo+Bo electric locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for use on the now-closed Woodhead Line.