Great Northern Railway N2 Class No 1744 Dane Gardner Flickr

Great Northern Railway N2 Class No 1744 Dane Gardner Flickr Great northern railway n2 locomotive 1744 1744. built by the gnr at the north british loco company in 1921 it is a gnr n2 class locomotive. designed by sir nigel gresley it is of a 0 6 2t type. it was allocated to kings cross depot from 1921 to 1962. entered service in 1921 as 1744 and was re numbered 4744 by the lner on amlgamation in march 1924. she was rte numbered again in december 1946 as. Great northern railway gresley class "n2" (lner class "n2") 0 6 2t no.1744 (lner no.4744, later lner no.6953, br no.69523) in gnr apple green livery approaching highley on a kidderminster bridgnorth service on the severn valley railway, with rather incongruously a rake of gwr coaches, 03 12.

Great Northern Railway N2 Class No 1744 Dane Gardner Flickr Great northern railway n2 class 0 6 2t no.1744. in great northern railway (gnr) locomotive development, following nigel gresley’s arrival, the n2 was a development of henry ivatt’s very successful n1 class. the main differences were that the n2 carried a superheated boiler and was fitted with piston valves rather than slide valves to the. Gnr class n2. water cap. the great northern railway (gnr) class n2 is an 0 6 2t side tank steam locomotive designed by nigel gresley and introduced in 1920. further batches were built by the london and north eastern railway from 1925. they had superheaters and piston valves driven by stephenson valve gear. Great northern railway n2 1744 arrives into hampton loade on the severn valley railway during the spring gala 2012. We own and operate the oldest extant gresley locomotive in the world, great northern railway class n2 number 1744. it acts as a flag bearer for the society on many heritage railways. we were first set up as an unincorporated society in 1963, but in 1998 we established a company limited by guarantee, number 3852084, and we obtained charitable.