The first London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class A2 was a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotive designed by Vincent Raven for the North Eastern Railway (as NER class 4.6.2). [1] …

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Peppercorn Class A2 is a class of steam locomotive designed for express passenger work by Arthur Peppercorn, the chief designer of …

The Raven A2 Pacifics The North Eastern Railway's (NER) development of express passenger locomotives was held up by World War 1, but resumed in 1921 with development of the very …

The London and North Eastern Railway Class A2/2 was a class of six 4-6-2 steam locomotives rebuilt by Edward Thompson in 1943 and 1944 from his predecessor Sir Nigel Gresley's P2 …

The Peppercorn A2 Pacifics. With the retirement of Thompson and his succession by Peppercorn, it was decided that the remaining fifteen A2/3 locomotives which had been ordered, should be …

The Thompson A2/3 Pacifics. In 1944, Thompson authorised the building of thirty standard Pacifics based on his A2/2 design (his rebuild of the P2s). The boiler pressure was increased …

The A2/2s are often considered the least successful of Thompson’s Pacific designs, but it has to be borne in mind that he was working with the flawed P2 design. They differed from the other …

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Peppercorn Class A2 is a class of steam locomotive designed for express passenger work by Arthur Peppercorn, the chief designer of …

Mar 6, 2022 · The first London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class A2 was a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotive designed by Vincent Raven for the North Eastern Railway Two were built by …

The LNER Class A2 locomotives were introduced in the 1940s to designs by LNER Chief Mechanical Engineer Edward Thompson and his successor Arthur Peppercorn. Forty of these …