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GNR/LNER Gresley "O3" Class 2-8-0


Class Types
GNR Class O1
LNER Class O3 (Reclassified to make way for Thompson's rebuilds of Robinson class O4's.)

General
Designer Sir Nigel Gresley
Introduced 1913
Pre-Grouping Company Great Northern Railway
Grouping Company London and North Eastern Railway
Description (1957) Class O3. Gresley 2-cylinder G.N.R. 2-8-0's with 4'8" wheels. A class of 20 engines built 1913-19. All of the class were withdrawn between 1947 and 1952.
Wheel Arrangement 2-8-0
Number Built as O3 20
First in Service 12/1913
Last in Service 16/12/1952
Manufacturers
ManufacturerTotal
Doncaster Works 5
North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow 15
Orders
BuilderSponsorOrder #DateSize
Doncaster Works  274 05/1913 5
North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow (Hyde Park)  L705 04/1918 10
North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow (Atlas)  L709 08/1918 5

Power
Variant Introduced 1913

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