Gauge 1 live steam LNER 442 No.2903 with pressure gauge
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Lner C4. GCR class 8B 442 Atlantic no. 1086 7mmloco.co.uk Page 2 Page 2 GCR Class 8B Robinson GCR Class 8B LNER C4 The Class 8B was a trial build of a 4-4-2 soon after Robinson decided on a big engine policy [1]They were built with a saturated boiler, inside slide valves and Stephenson valve gear, two outside cylinders connected to 6-foot-9-inch (2.057 m) diameter driving wheels.
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Following the merger of the GCR into the London & North Eastern Railway, the class became known as the LNER Class C4 Britain's first Atlantic appeared on the Great Northern Railway (GNR) in 1898 as an enlargement of the ubiquitous 4-4-0 for express work, building 116 examples of various designs
LNER (ex GNR) C12 class 442T no. 7367 7mmloco.co.uk
Smith.At the time, Worsdell's designs consisted of two simple expansion cylinders, and a boiler with a round-top firebox; but Smith was given the design scope and funding to pursue his own compound expansion concepts. In 1925, several C4s were fitted with the LNER's trademark "Flowerpot" chimney, with one locomotive, No While impressed by the work done by Churchward at Swindon, he seems to have adopted a cautious approach so decided to build 4 locomotives, essentially with all the major features the same, but.
C4/C5 442s. Locomotives of the GCR/LNER : Robinson C4 (GCR Class 8B) 4-4-2 Atlantics 'Jersey Lillies' #nd55002 Neil Dimmer Page 2 Page 2 GCR Class 8B Robinson GCR Class 8B LNER C4 The Class 8B was a trial build of a 4-4-2 soon after Robinson decided on a big engine policy
Facebook. [1]They were built with a saturated boiler, inside slide valves and Stephenson valve gear, two outside cylinders connected to 6-foot-9-inch (2.057 m) diameter driving wheels. The locomotives were as identical as possible, including the shallow firebox required on the B1 to clear the rear driving axle