The Great Northern Railway Class H4 (classified K3 by the LNER) was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive designed for mixed-traffic work. The type was a more powerful development of the earlier H3 class and was notable at the time, as the 6-foot-diameter (1.8 m) boilers were the largest fitted to any British locomotive to that date.

The first ten locomotives were built at the GNR's Doncaster Works in 1920, to the design of Nigel Gresley. Six further batches were built at Doncaster and Darlington Works, Armstrong Whitworth, Robert Stephenson and Company and the North British Locomotive Company. The last examples were delivered in 1937, with a total of 193 locomotives having ...

The Great Northern Railway Class H4 (classified k3 by the LNER) was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive designed for mixed-traffic work. The type was a more powerful development of the earlier H3 (LNER K2) class and was notable at the time, as the 6-foot-diameter (1.8 m) boilers were the largest fitted to any British locomotive to that date.

The Great Northern Railway Class H4 was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive designed for mixed-traffic work.

2024年4月9日 · GNR Gresley H4. The LNER K3 was one of Gresley's original concepts. When planned in 1917, it was to have only two cylinders but after the roaring success of the O2 class, Gresley redesigned his new express goods engine for three cylinders, giving it a huge 6ft boiler diameter to supply enough steam and a whopping 36 percent increase in power.

The Great Northern Railway Class H4 (classified K3 by the LNER) was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive designed for mixed-traffic work. The type was a more powerful development of the earlier H3 (LNER K2) class and was notable at the time, as the 6-foot-diameter (1.8 m) boilers were the largest fitted to any British locomotive to that date.

Gresley Class H4 2-6-0. The Maurice Boddy Collection. Maurice Boddy Collection; Doncaster Plant Works Dates; Doncaster Works Records; ... Ten engines were built by the GNR but a further 183 examples were built after Grouping. Nos. Boilers : With-drawn: Doncaster : …

No. 203 was a class H4 2-6-0 steam locomotive that was built for the London and North Eastern Railway by Darlington Works in 1925. 203 & its siblings were mixed-traffic locomotives. On the 2nd July, 1925, the 1925 Centenary Celebrations was held at Darlington and there were cavalcade of locomotives and No. 203 was also in the cavalcade.

An unidentified ex-GNR Class H4 2-6-0 locomotive passes through Rugby on an up fish train from Grimsby to Banbury in early 1950s. The Great Northern Railway Class H4, which was classified as K3 by the LNER after grouping, was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive designed for mixed-traffic work by Nigel Gresley (later Sir Nigel Gresley).

2018年6月13日 · English: Great Northern Railway Gresley Class H4 2-6-0 locomotives Later LNER K3 class