A 2-6-0 design was quickly chosen, with the leading pony truck intended to reduce wear on the leading driving wheels and to provide a steadier ride at higher speeds. The resulting GNR Class H2 (LNER Class K1) was also the first design to incorporate Gresley's patented double …

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class K1 is a type of 2-6-0 (mogul) steam locomotive designed by Edward Thompson. Thompson preferred a simple two-cylinder design instead of his predecessor Nigel Gresley's three-cylinder one.

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 The GER introduced 2-6-0s for coal haulage as early as 1878 but had all been withdrawn by 1887, while later US-built freight locos bought by the GCR and GNR as stop-gaps were also short-lived.

The K Class were used on heavy freight trains along London's Metropolitan Railway mainline, including coal to the power station at Neasden, [1] although they were used on occasional passenger trains. In 1937, all six were transferred to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) where they were based at Neasden (LNER) Shed.

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The North Eastern Railway (NER) Class K classified as Class Y8 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) is a class of 0-4-0T steam locomotives designed for shunting. It was designed by Thomas W. Worsdell and five of these tiny engines were built in 1890.

These 344 LNER K Class 2-6-0s were a mainstay of secondary passenger and goods services along the East Coast Main Line from 1912 to the end of steam in the 1960s, whilst finding new areas of operation after Grouping.

This section of the LNER Encyclopedia describes all of the locomotive classes to serve with the LNER. The LNER would often denote major modifications with a slash. E.g. B16/2 is a modified B16. Occasionally such modifications would be so substantial that a completely new class number would be given (eg. an A3 is a modified A1).

Feb 1, 2021 · This is the GNR (LNER) K6, a D1 with a mogul wheel configuration or 2-6-0. This probably his most successful design. Fifteen of these engines were built in Doncaster Works in 1912.

Dec 16, 2024 · LNER K Class 2-6-0's by John Ryan. Producing 85 2-6-0 locomotives for the Great Northern Railway, he built a further 189 for the London & North Eastern Railway, whilst his successors constructed 70 engines.