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LNER Class P2

Index LNER Class P2

The London and North Eastern Railway Class P2 was a class of 2-8-2 steam locomotives designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for working heavy express trains over the harsh Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line. [1]

26 relations: A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, Cock o' the North, DB Cargo UK, Edward Thompson (engineer), Hopetown Carriage Works, List of British Rail Class 87 locomotives, List of preserved BR Standard Class 9F locomotives, LNER Class V1/V3, LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3, LNER P2 Class 2007 Prince of Wales, LNER Pacifics, LNER Peppercorn Class A2 60532 Blue Peter, LNER Thompson Class A1/1, LNER Thompson Class A2/2, LNER Thompson Class A2/3, Locomotives of the London and North Eastern Railway, Nigel Gresley, Oliver Bulleid, P2, Pennsylvania Railroad 5550, Poppet valve, South Australian Railways, SR Merchant Navy class, SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes, Steam locomotives of the 21st century, 2-8-2.

A1 Steam Locomotive Trust

The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is a Darlington, England based charitable trust formed in 1990 for the primary purpose of completing the next stage of the locomotive heritage movement, the building of a new steam locomotive from scratch (i.e. not a re-build of an existing locomotive).

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Cock o' the North

Cock o' the North may refer to.

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DB Cargo UK

DB Cargo UK, formerly DB Schenker Rail UK and English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS), is a British rail freight company headquartered in Doncaster, England.

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Edward Thompson (engineer)

Edward Thompson (25 June 1881 – 15 July 1954) was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway between 1941 and 1946.

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Hopetown Carriage Works

Hopetown Carriage Works, also known as the Stockton and Darlington Railway Carriage Works was a carriage works of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

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List of British Rail Class 87 locomotives

This page gives a list of all British Rail Class 87 locomotives.

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List of preserved BR Standard Class 9F locomotives

This is a list of BR Standard Class 9F steam locomotives that survive in preservation.

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LNER Class V1/V3

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class V1 and Class V3 were two classes of related 2-6-2T steam locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley.

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LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3

The London and North Eastern Railway LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3 locomotives represented two distinct stages in the history of the British "Pacific" steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley.

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LNER P2 Class 2007 Prince of Wales

In 2013, the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust announced their plans to build a brand new LNER Class P2 steam locomotive which would be given the number 2007.

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LNER Pacifics

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) operated various classes steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 (or pacific) wheel arrangement.

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LNER Peppercorn Class A2 60532 Blue Peter

LNER Peppercorn A2 Class No.

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LNER Thompson Class A1/1

The LNER Class A1/1 consisted of a single 4-6-2 "Pacific" express passenger locomotive rebuilt in 1945 from an A1 class locomotive, by Edward Thompson.

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LNER Thompson Class A2/2

The London and North Eastern Railway Class A2/2 was a class of six 4-6-2 steam locomotives rebuilt by Edward Thompson in 1943 and 1944 from his predecessor’s P2 Class of 2-8-2 express passenger locomotives.

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LNER Thompson Class A2/3

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class A2/3 was a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives.

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Locomotives of the London and North Eastern Railway

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) produced several classes of locomotive, mostly to the designs of Nigel Gresley, characterised by a three-cylinder layout with a parallel boiler and round-topped firebox.

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Nigel Gresley

Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley (19 June 1876 – 5 April 1941) was one of Britain's most famous steam locomotive engineers, who rose to become Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).

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Oliver Bulleid

Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid CBE (19 September 1882 – 25 April 1970) was a British railway and mechanical engineer best known as the Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Southern Railway between 1937 and the 1948 nationalisation, developing many well-known locomotives.

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P2

P2, P02, P.2, or P-2 might refer to several subjects.

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Pennsylvania Railroad 5550

Pennsylvania Railroad 5550 is a mainline duplex drive steam locomotive currently under construction in the United States of America.

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Poppet valve

A poppet valve (also called mushroom valve) is a valve typically used to control the timing and quantity of gas or vapour flow into an engine.

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South Australian Railways

South Australian Railways was the statutory corporation through which the Government of South Australia built and operated railways in South Australia from 1854 until March 1978, when its non-urban railways were incorporated into Australian National, and its Adelaide urban lines were transferred to the State Transport Authority.

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SR Merchant Navy class

The SR Merchant Navy class (originally known as the 21C1 class, and later informally known as Bulleid Pacifics, Spam Cans or Packets) is a class of air-smoothed 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by Oliver Bulleid.

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SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes

The SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes, collectively known as Light Pacifics or informally as Spam Cans, are air-smoothed 4-6-2 ''Pacific'' steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by its Chief Mechanical Engineer Oliver Bulleid.

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Steam locomotives of the 21st century

Steam locomotives of the 21st century fall into two broad categories: those that use advanced steam technology and are designed to be commercially competitive with diesel locomotives; and those built to more traditional designs for hauling tourist trains.

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2-8-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and two trailing wheels on one axle, usually in a trailing truck.

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Cock o' the North (locomotive), P2 Locomotive, P2 locomotive.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_P2

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