In 1924, the ex-North Eastern Railway (NER) shed at Starbeck received a C2 to haul the Ripon to Doncaster leg of the Ripon to London service. In the following year, the NE area would receive more C2s for working between Leeds, Hull, Scarborough, and Newcastle.

The Great Northern Railway class C2 locomotives is a scrapped class of 4-4-2 tank locomotives built by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) between 1898 and 1907. They were used on local and commuter passenger trains in Yorkshire and North London. They …

The LNER 4-4-2 Atlantic Locomotives. Britain's first Atlantic appeared on the Great Northern Railway (GNR) in 1898 as an enlargement of the ubiquitous 4-4-0 for express work, building 116 examples of various designs.

The C2 class were initially distributed between the GNR’s main line sheds. In 1905, they were allocated to Kings Cross, Peterborough, Grantham, and Doncaster sheds. Their early duties consisted of the heavier expresses on the GNR main line from London to York.

One of the first locomotive types introduced by Ivatt, the first batch of ten GNR C2 (LNER C12) locomotives were built in 1898 for hauling suburban services in the West Riding. These were very successful, and a further fifty were built to operate London suburban services to replace the older and smaller Stirling 0-4-4Ts (LNER Classes G1 and G2 ).

To meet the requirements for more engine power for trains in the Metropolitan district twenty new locomotives were built. These were tank engines of the ten-wheel type introduced at the beginning of 1898, slightly modified to render them specially suitable for running through the tunnels of the “Underground”.

2023年7月5日 · In this week’s Sole Survivor will we look back on the history of the GNR C1 small boiler (London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) C2 Class), GNR C1 large boiler (LNER C1 Class) and last member of each class preserved.

GNR C1 Class/LNER C2 4-4-2 'Small Atlantic' The GNR Small Boiler Class C1 is a class of steam locomotive, the first 4-4-2 or Atlantic type in Great Britain. They were designed by Henry Ivatt in 1897. In total 22 were built between 1898 and 1903 at Doncaster Works. They could reach speeds of up to 90 mph. They were also known as Klondykes.

Class C2. Class Details Klondyke Atlantics. Weight: 58 tons (31 for adhesion); Pressure: 175psi; Cyls:18 x24; DW 6ft 7 ; TE: 15,850 lb. Known as 'Klondykes' as they appeared in the Gold Rush year.

2015年4月6日 · The Great Northern Railway class C2 locomotives were a class of 4-4-2 tank locomotives built by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) between 1898 and 1907. They were used on local and commuter passenger trains in Yorkshire and North London. They were withdrawn between 1937 and 1958.