The Gresley K3 and Thompson K5 2-6-0 Moguls The concept for the K3 2-6-0 began in August 1917 when Gresley started to consider a new express goods engine for the Great Northern Railway (GNR) based on his K2 2-6-0 (GNR Class H3), but with a higher boiler pressure of 180psi and 20in or 20.5in diameter cylinders with a 28in stroke.

LNER 2-6-0 Mogul Locomotives The Mogul was a versatile type, superseding the 0-6-0 for freight or substituting for the 4-6-0 as a mixed traffic design. The GER introduced 2-6-0s for coal haulage as early as 1878 but had all been withdrawn by 1887, while later US-built freight locos bought by the GCR and GNR as stop-gaps were also short-lived.

The Gresley K1 and K2 2-6-0 Moguls By 1912, the Great Northern Railway (GNR) was operating a lot of goods trains with passenger engines. This was not ideal, and Gresley seeked to introduce a new class of locomotive which could haul the heavier goods trains at speeds of up to 40mph. A 2-6-0 design was quickly chosen, with the leading pony truck intended to reduce wear on the leading driving ...

Apr 29, 2014 · The first two post-grouping K3's (17 and 28) were coupled to GN tenders, before being given tenders with stepped out coping from J38's, and the rest of the 1924-5 series were coupled to GS tenders with stepped out coping as built. The flush sided tenders started with 1300 in …

Also with K3 s displacing the K2 s elsewhere on the LNER network, new work was required for the K2 s and the loan became permanent in October 1925. There is some evidence that a 2-8-0 with 5ft 2in driving wheels was considered in 1934.

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The LNER A1 and A3 Gresley Pacifics Gresley is most famous for his LNER Pacifics. Although they reached their peak with the streamlined A4 s, this famous line of ' racehorses ' began with the A1 Pacifics. The first two A1 Pacifics were built in the twilight years of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) and entered service in 1922. The A3 was a modification of the original A1 design, and all of the ...

Nov 17, 2014 · K3 LNER livery by Graeme Leary » Mon Nov 17, 2014 3:47 am Another loco painting project has me changing a K3 BR livery 61932 (Bachmann model) to LNER days and, as a guide I am following a very good photo of 1125 taken from O S Nock's 'The Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley, as reliable a source if ever there was one.

Apr 29, 2007 · Well the K3 has reached the primer stage and I thought I'd share some more pictures with you. I've discovered that the camera is a great tool for picking out ever little mistake made during construction - Oh well...

Jun 2, 2011 · On further study of the Finecast paperwork I realise that the K3 "frames + valvegear" etches don't contain the motion bracket, this being on the separate "spacers and pony truck" etch. That would mean buying both, at obviously greater cost, and having a lot more parts left over. Perhaps the argument begins to swing in Comet's favour?