LNER Class O1
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The London and North Eastern Railway
(LNER) Class O1 was used for two different types of steam locomotive
at different times:
London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain...
(LNER) Class O1 was used for two different types of steam locomotive
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...
at different times:
- GNR Class O1GNR Class O1The Great Northern Railway Class O1 was a class of two-cylinder 2-8-0 steam locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley for heavy freight work and built by the GNR between 1913 and 1919.-History:...
(reclassified O3 in 1944) - LNER Thompson Class O1LNER Thompson Class O1The London and North Eastern Railway Thompson Class O1 was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotive designed by Edward Thompson for freight work...