The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class V1 and Class V3 were two classes of related 2-6-2T steam locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley. [1] A total of 82 V1s were built with 71 being rebuilt into the higher pressure V3s with an additional ten being built as V3s from the final batch of V1s.

The Gresley V1 and V3 2-6-2T Prairie Tank Locomotives. A series of 2-6-2T tank engines was first proposed in 1928 to work the Metropolitan City Widened Lines. The initial drawings featured condensing gear and a short chimney for this work. By …

The LNER 2-6-2 Prairies. Apart from a solitary experimental Midland Railway locomotive locomotive built in 1908, no 2-6-2 tender locomotives ran in Britain until 1936 when Gresley adopted the type in preference to the 4-6-0 for a powerful three-cylinder mixed traffic design.

Ex-LNER Class V3 2-6-2T No. 67606 comes off the Forth Bridge and approaches Dalmeny Station with a southbound local passenger train on 15th June, 1957. The locomotive was allocated to 64A, St. Margarets Shed.

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class V1 and Class V3 were two classes of related 2-6-2T steam locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley. A total of 82 V1s were built with 71 being rebuilt into the higher pressure V3s with an additional ten being built as V3s from the final batch of V1s.

Class V1/V3 (Locobase 3773) Data from Bryan Attewell ([] Steam locomotive simulator (April 2000 edition). These are tank versions of Gresley's 3-cylinder Prairies, but scaled-down for branch-line mixed-traffic use. 82 V1s entered service in 1930. Ten V3s were added in 1939; the principal difference was a hike in boiler pressure to 200 psi.

BR # LNER # London & North Eastern Railway # Name Built Wdrn 1950 shed Last shed Notes Photos; 67600: 2900: Sep1930: Dec1962: 65A: 65A - Eastfield: V3: 1: 67601: 2901: Oct1930

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class V1 and Class V3 were two classes of related 2-6-2T steam locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley.A total of 82 V1s were built with 71 being rebuilt into the higher pressure V3s with an additional ten …

A number of different numbering and classification schemes were used for the locomotives owned by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) and its constituent companies. This page explains the principal systems that were used.

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class V2 2-6-2 steam locomotives were designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for express mixed traffic work across the British railway network. They were built at the LNER workshops in Doncaster and Darlington between 1936 and 1944.