LNER Article Index
This new section of the LNER Encylopedia will concentrate on various aspects of railways within the LNER area
that do not fit in to the other sections.
Articles about specific routes and regions have now been moved to the areas for their respective
Constituent Companies.
Descriptions and short histories of some valve gear used by the LNER. Covers the Stephenson, Joy, and Walschaert valve gears.
Details the history and workings of Gresley's conjugated valve gear.
Details the history of Lentz valve gear on British locomotives, most of which were LNER locomotives. Based on
an article by Richard Carr on his Paxman History Pages.
Descriptions and short histories of the various experiments and implementations of compound expansion by
the LNER's constituent companies.
Details the LNER's experiments with boosters during the 1920s.
Miscellaneous
Describes the LNER's many appearances in books, film, and on television.
This describes the liveries used by the LNER for its locomotives and rolling stock.
Possible future article subjects include:
- The Races to the North
- Early steam railways of the North East
- Kings Cross
- George Hudson
- Locomotive Manufacturers of Leeds
- Boosters and Compounding
- Superheater design
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