Lner Steam Train Tapestries

London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) locomotive Sir Nigel Gresley, in a design incorporating her nameplate. Sir Nigel Gresley is photographed here, preserved in British Railways express blue Livery.

Steam Dreams rail tour from Cardiff to London Paddington on 1st August 2019, pulled by B1 Mayflower and 44871 LMS Stanier Black Five. It’s not often a steam tour is a double header. Mayflower, an LNER Thompson Class B1 as captured here at sunset as she passes through Gloucestershire.

London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) A4 Class locomotive Mallard, in a design incorporating the nameplate.

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A design incorporating A cut out of one of my photographs of Flying Scotsman and its nameplate. the Flying Scotsman on the Cathedrals Express rail tour along the Severn Estuary. Flying Scotsman is the most famous locomotive in the world and this tour had crowds on every bridge waiting for a glimpse of this Icon.

A black and white image of LNER B1 Class 4-6-0 no 61306 Mayflower, built for the London & North Eastern Railway and is one of only two surviving B1 Class locomotives. In 2015 Mayflower started operating on the British main line for the first time in over twenty years. She carries the early British Railways apple green livery as originally delivered in 1948. Photographed here on the main Line near Lydney in Gloucestershire pulling the Cathedrals Express special from London Paddington to Cardiff on St David's Day 2015.

Flying Scotsman on the Cathedrals Express rail tour along the Severn Estuary. Flying Scotsman is the most famous locomotive in the world and this tour had crowds on every bridge waiting for a glimpse of this Icon.

Here we have a photograph of London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Thompson Class B1 number 1264 photographed in the autumn on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway with a rake of Crimson Lake & Cream coaches.

Here we have a photograph of London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Thompson Class B1 number 1264 photographed in the autumn on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway with a rake of Crimson Lake & Cream coaches.

The London and North Eastern Railways Totem as used up to the creation of British Railways in 1948.

The Seam Engine Tornado with a photograph of its nameplate too.

Mallard LNER number 4468 is the holder of the world speed record for a steam locomotive at 126 mph achieved on 3 July 1938, recorded on a downward gradient between Little Bytham and Essendine near Grantham on the East Cost Main Line. Mallard was just four months old when it set the record ie broken-in to run freely, but not overly worn.

A black and white image of London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Thompson Class B1 number 1264 photographed in the autumn on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway near Goathland, the home of TV series Heartbeat.

A digital drawing depicting the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman as it went through changes in its appearance between 1925-1962. Starting life in 1923 as a Class A1 number 1472 in with a low sided tender, right-hand drive, rounded steam collector and single chimney. Finishing its service in January 1963 as a left-hand drive Class A3 with the elongated "banjo" dome, double chimney, smoke deflectors, streamlined tender and number 60103.

A digital drawing depicting the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman as it would have been seen Circa 1930. This is the classic image of Flying Scotsman with the letters LNER on the tender and 4472 on the cab. From 1928 to 1936 Flying Scotsman had a corridor tender giving the crew access to the locomotive from the train. This enabled it to travel the 392 miles from London to Edinburgh in eight hours changing the crew without stopping. By 1936 the non-stop service was being carried out by the streamlined A4s and Flying Scotsman reverted to a non-corridor tender.

A digital drawing depicting the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman with number 60103 as it would have been seen between 1961 and 1963. In 1954 it was converted to left hand drive with the vacuum exhaust ejector pipe and the reversing rod moved to the left-hand side from the right and painted in BR green. In 1959 the chimney was replaced with a double chimney and in 1961 the smoke deflectors were added. Flying Scotsman ended service with its last scheduled run on 14 January 1963.

A digital drawing depicting the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman as it would have been seen Circa 1925. The locomotive was built in 1923, numbered 1472 and had no name. It was renumbered 4472 and given the name "Flying Scotsman" just before it represented LNER as its flagship locomotive at the British Empire Exhibition, at Wembley Park in 1924. It represented LNER again at the 1925 exhibition and this artwork depicts Flying Scotsman as it would have appeared, with its number on the low sided tender and the LNER crest on the cab.

A black and white image of K1 Class number 62005, a London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) designed locomotive, built in 1949 for British Railways. It's photographed here on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) near Goathland. Light Engine is a railway term for a locomotive operating without a train for relocation or operational reasons.

Flying Scotsman LNER number 4472 became the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at a speed of 100 MPH on the 30th November 1934 on a special test run. Unofficially the GWR locomotive 3440 City of Truro was timed at running in excess of 100 mph during a run from Plymouth to London in 1904.

A black and white image of Flying Scotsman on the Cathedrals Express rail tour from Bristol on 23rd May 2017. Flying Scotsman is the most famous locomotive in the world and this tour had crowds on every bridge waiting for a glimpse of this Icon. This photograph was taken at Severn Tunnel Junction.

A digital drawing depicting the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman as it would have been seen between 1949 and 1954 in British Railways Express Blue with the number 60103. In 1947 it had been converted from Class A1 to A3 with a replacement boiler and the rounded steam collector replaced with the elongated "banjo" dome, it was also renumbered from 103 to 60103 in 1948. At this time it was allocated to Leicester Central shed running the Nottingham Victoria to London Marylebone services.

A collection of Sir Nigel Gresley designed record breakers. Flying Scotsman LNER number 4472 became the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at a speed of 100 MPH in 1934. Silver Link LNER number 2509 the first steam locomotive to record 112 MPH in 1935. Mallard LNER number 4468 is the holder of the world speed record for a steam locomotive at 126 mph in 1938 and 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley set a post-war steam speed record of 112mph in 1959.

Steaming out of Grosmont Station on the North York Moors Railway on it's way to Pickering, sporting 'wartime black' livery, LNER Class A4 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley is one of the most well known preserved stream trains, originally built for the London North Eastern Railway.

A black and white photograph of a London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) designed locomotive, the K1 class, built in 1949 for British Railways with a rake of goods wagons on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR).

On the 27th September 1935, a trial run of the new LNER streamlined express "The Silver Jubilee" was hauled by LNER number 2509 Silver Link, setting at the time, a new speed record of 112 MPH. Silver Link was one of four A4s built to work the Silver Jubilee between London King's Cross and Newcastle. The other 3 being 2510 Quicksilver, 2511 Silver King and 2512 Silver Fox all painted in a Silver and Grey Livery.

A black and white image of Flying Scotsman on the Cathedrals Express rail tour along the Severn Estuary on 19th May 2017. Flying Scotsman is the most famous locomotive in the world and this tour had crowds on every bridge waiting for a glimpse of this Icon. Photograph taken near Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire as the sun was setting.

A collection of Sir Nigel Gresley designed record breakers. Flying Scotsman LNER number 4472 became the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at a speed of 100 MPH in 1934. Silver Link LNER number 2509 the first steam locomotive to record 112 MPH in 1935. Mallard LNER number 4468 is the holder of the world speed record for a steam locomotive at 126 mph in 1938 and 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley set a post-war steam speed record of 112mph in 1959.

Post War, steam locomotives were aging and poorly maintained, hence the pre-war speeds were never attained. On the 23rd May 1959 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley set a post-war steam speed record of 112mph on Stoke Bank hauling a full passenger train. By the late 1950s, the age of steam traction was over and steam was being replaced by diesel power. Sir Nigel Gresley was withdrawn from service on 1st February 1966 and survives to this day in preservation.

A colour artwork depicting a collection of Sir Nigel Gresley designed record breakers. Flying Scotsman, the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at a speed of 100 MPH in 1934. Papyrus, 105 MPH March 1935, Silver Link, 112 MPH in September 1935. Mallard is the holder of the world speed record for a steam locomotive at 126 mph in 1938. Sir Nigel Gresley set a post-war steam speed record of 112mph in 1959 and Bittern set a British Preserved speed record of 92.8 MPH in June 2013.

A digital drawing depicting the locomotive Flying Scotsman as it would have been seen Circa 1946. LNER passenger locomotives had always been painted Apple Green. But during the Second World War, in common with all railway stock, Flying Scotsman was repainted in wartime black and given a simplified livery reducing LNER to NE on the tender. In 1946 it was given a new number 103 after spending a short time as 502.

A colour artwork depicting the steam locomotive Papyrus, the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at a speed of 105 MPH on 5th March 1935.This is the classic image of an LNER A3 Class locomotive. From 1928 to 1936 some A1 and A3 class locomotives had a corridor tender giving the crew access to the locomotive from the train as pictured here on Papyrus. This enabled it to travel from London to Edinburgh in eight hours changing the crew without stopping.

Driving wheels of historic LNER steam loco Sir Nigel Gresley

A black and white image of steam Dreams rail tour from Cardiff to London Paddington on 1st August 2019, pulled by B1 Mayflower and 44871 LMS Stanier Black Five. It's not often a steam tour is a double header. Mayflower, an LNER Thompson Class B1 as captured here at sunset as she passes through Gloucestershire.

A black and white image of Flying Scotsman on the Cathedrals Express rail tour along the Severn Estuary departing Chepstow in 2017. Flying Scotsman is the most famous locomotive in the world and this tour had crowds on every bridge waiting for a glimpse of this Icon. Photograph taken near Chepstow crossing the boarder from Wales to England.

A black and white image of Tornado on loan to the Severn Valley Railway leaving Highley station on an Autumn afternoon in October 2015. Tornado is a Peppercorn class A1 Pacific 4-6-2 completed in 2008 to the original specification. It's the only example of an LNER Peppercorn Class A1 in existence, as all the original A1 locomotives were scrapped without preservation.

London and North Eastern Railways (LNER) A4 Class 4-6-2 locomotive 60007 “Sir Nigel Gresley” (built in 1937) on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. This image was taken in 2012 near Goathland, home of the TV series heartbeat. The locomotive looking resplendent in the blue livery colour popped against this black and white image