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K3 Class 2-6-0 Steam Locos

Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley

 
 

Class K3: BR E1839.  This locomotive was formerly LNER number 134.
  
     
  Designed under the direction of Nigel Gresley (later to be Sir Nigel Gresley) of the Great Northern Railway.
Introduced into traffic 1921
 
     

 
 

Diagram of LNER Gresley Class K3: 2-6-0. Steam Locomotive
  

       
 

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K3
LNER Doncaster Works
5' 8"
3 (18.5 x 26 ins)
180 lbs / sq in
30,031 lbs

 
       

  

         
  You may be interested in these railway books: On Track Railway DVD  and Book Catalogue    
Eastern Steam in Retrospect
Yeadons Register.  Volume 18.  Classes K1 & K2
Yeadon's Register. Appendix. Named Engines
         

   
 

Class K3: BR 61913 at an unknown location on the GWR / GCR joint line west of London.
This locomotive was formerly LNER number 1154.
 

     
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