The LNER Encyclopedia

I have added a lot of new photos of Gresley A4’s prior to nationalisation, with either LNER 4 digit numbers or Pre BR double digit numbers

LNER numbering

2509 Silver Link unknown locations
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com ... /i-9b9BQXS
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com ... /i-HWXCKLb
2510 Quicksilver Sandy 1st May 1937
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com ... /i-83Np8jg
4463 Sparrow Hawk near St Neots c1938
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com ... /i-QcTgW5S
4464 Bittern unknown location
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com ... /i-ZhrMsH4
4465 Guillemot Kings Cross
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com ... /i-XDgNqfV
4462 Golden Eagle Peterborough
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com ... /i-x8qw2q7
4485 Kestrel with the 'Flying Scotsman' note loco unlined yet tender is lined out
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com ... /i-4TSZKM4
4489 Dominion of Canada complete with bell with the 'Flying Scotsman' uknown location
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com ... /i-Nj5b4hW
4492 Dominion of New Zealand Kings Cross 19th April 1938
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com ... /i-BdfHMvQ


4496 Golden Shuttle unknown location
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com ... /i-xKMtR7f
4498 Sir Nigel Gresley near Greenwood with the 9.00am Leeds to Kings Cross service 18th March 1938
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com ... /i-r5tfjFw

LNER pre BR numbering

22 Mallard unknown location 12th July 1947 Gresley A4
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com ... /i-SjbQVnG
22 Mallard unknown location with the 'Queen of Scots' Pullman
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com ... /i-wqm7Dpr
26 Miles Beevor Kings Cross
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com ... /i-4FJXbjV
29 Woodcock Kings Cross shed 28th April 1948
https://railway-photography.smugmug.com ... /i-CCBfNLP

Neil

Some brilliant photos of A4s that I hadn't seen before - thanks for sharing.

Andrew Emmett

Indeed some excellent shots and once again many I've not seen before . But the photo of Quicksilver north of Potters Bar.... oh to be stood at the side of the photographer on that day !

The shot of Quicksilver with the spare set is interesting - I'm almost certain it is the same picture - as in a Gresley Society special on the streamliners, Chris Nettleton has worked out that the train is the Silver Jubilee, so the picture is taken while the regular set was in shops.

As I've mentioned on the National Preservation forum, it's great to see a selection of [in this case Gresley A4s] none British Railway liveried locos. Especially 4469 Gadwell/William Whitelaw [the first to carry the W.W. name], as she is/was one of the last of the class to enter service 1937-8 and first to be withdrawn in 1942 after the Bedecker [air] raid on York......