Locomotives of the Great Northern Volume 3B 1911-1923 Gresley

Description

Gresley’s priority on appointment was for larger locomotives to handle the growing mineral, goods and commuter traffic. His first design was a Churchward inspired Mogul, the H2, followed by the acclaimed 01 2-8-0. After the First World War, he developed three-cylinder versions of these and the superb and fondly remembered N2 0-6-2Ts. The culmination of Gresley’s GNR work were his A1 Pacifies that brought a revolution on the ECML that was to last fifteen years. The complete history of all 328 Gresley GNR engines is laid out together with sections on GNR engine order numbers, Doncaster works numbers, engine headlamp codes, shed codes and complete statistics of all GNR engines.