Below are the names and numbers of the steam locomotives that comprised the LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3, that ran on the Great Northern (GNR) and latterly the London and North Eastern Railway network.

Jan 19, 2021 · LNER class A1 Pacific No 4473 Solario climbs away from Grantham with an up stopping train on August 2,1932. The engine is still to the GNR loading gauge but with small crecent cut-outs to the buffer beam.

In 1925 the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) began a tradition of naming locomotives after winning racehorses; [3][4] LNER Class A1 locomotive no. 4473 (later no. 104, British Railways no. 60104) was named Solario after this horse, and remained in …

Realising the need for standardisation, Gresley adopted his GNR Pacific design as the standard express passenger locomotive for the LNER main line, designating it 'A1' within the LNER locomotive classification system.

Solario is an express engine who works on the Valleyfields Central's main line, pulling express passengers and goods trains. Solario was built right after his brother, Flying Scotsman. He spent the first three decades of his working life on the London …

#FunFact: The LNER Class A3 4473 Flying Scotsman set two world records for steam traction: when it became the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at reaching 100 mph (161 km/h) on 30 November 1934; and completing the longest non-stop run of 422 mi (679 km) by a steam locomotive on 8 August 1989 in Australia.

Taken from a photograph by A G Forsyth in my collection. LNER class A1, built Doncaster numbered 4473 June 1925. To class A3 January 1943. Renumbered 507 March 1946 and the 10 May 1946. Renumbered 60108 March 1949 and withdrawn December 1962.

Obo's RailWorks Locomotive CatalogLondon & North Eastern A3 4473 Solario

David Andrews Locomotive Kits produce kits of the A1 and A3 with the original GNR tender or the LNER non-corridor tender. Ace Trains, Bachmann, Bassett-Lowke, Sunset Models, and Fitzroy Loco Works (Australia) have all sold ready-to-run models of either the A1 or A3 in O gauge (7mm or coarse scale).

Inevitably, Richard’s first camera was a Box Brownie and his first attempt at LNER No. 4473 ‘Solario’ moving out of King’s Cross was a disaster. In 1937, he acquired a Kodak folding camera with a speed of 1/100, but this was still unsuitable for moving trains.