The class was re-designated O3 by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1944 to release the O1 classification for use with the LNER Thompson Class O1 introduced during the Second World War. Seventeen examples survived into British Railways ownership in 1948, but all had been withdrawn by 1952 and scrapped after World War 2 .

The Gresley O1 (later O3) 2-8-0 Locomotives. Gresley succeeded Ivatt in 1911, and found the Great Northern Railway's (GNR's) Q1 & Q2 0-8-0 heavy goods engines were being worked to capacity. Coal traffic on the mainline from Grantham to London was particularly heavy, and the GNR sought to reduce the number of mineral trains by increasing train ...

The LNER 2-8-0 Locomotives. Of the four LNER constituents that adopted the 0-8-0, only the GCR and GNR switched to 2-8-0s - significantly, both companies with long-distance coal traffic.

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class O1 was used for two different types of steam locomotive at different times: GNR Class O1 (reclassified O3 in 1944) LNER Thompson Class O1

A number of different numbering and classification schemes were used for the locomotives owned by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) and its constituent companies. This page explains the principal systems that were used.

Sep 26, 2004 · Designed by Nigel Gresley for the mineral (e.g. coal) trains in the early days of his superintendency. They were rated at 80 wagons aggregating a trailing load of 1,300 tons (up from 975 tons in 60 wagons) and running between Peterborough and the …

这台机车设计初始1922年，由唐卡斯特铁路工厂（Doncaster Railway Works）完成制造，并于次年2月24日正式下线，为A1级机车，全长70英尺（21.6米），高13英尺（4.0米），重97吨，使用标准轨（1435mm）运行，建造花费7944英镑。 成为新成立的伦敦和东北铁路麾下的第一台蒸汽机车。 刚开始投入运营时使用的编号为1472。 1924年，当他被选中并在伦敦的大英帝国展览上时，机车已重新编号为4472，并投入从1862 年开始的每日上午10点从伦敦国王十字车站至爱丁 …

Became LNER O1 but afterwards O3. Many boiler changes took place at Gorton Works instead of Doncaster. These are denoted by the suffix G after the date.

Feb 25, 2021 · Railway Correspondence & Travel Society Locomotives of the LNER. Part 6B. Tender engines—classes O1 to P2. 1983. 196pp. As noted in the introduction this is a very thorough account which extends over a greater time span than some of the other Volumes in this series, which appeared to grow even better with time. O2: 1918-

Thompson became the LNER's CME in 1941, and quickly initiated a programme of standardisation. One of Thompson 's first standardised designs was for a heavy goods 2-8-0 to replace all of the existing 2-8-0s, 0-8-0 s, and a variety of …