Peterborough North

[DaveF]

It has to be the N for me.

 

David

[great northern]

The last but one local from Grimsby appears, with another dirty New England B1 at the head.

 

 

It is seen again under the roof, passing stock waiting to be removed from Platform 3.

 

 

[Woodcock29]

H class for me.

[great northern]

The Holme branch goods now creeps along the Down slow.

 

 

While on the main the 6.10 Friday relief West Riding express comes in, with 60117 returning home.

 

 

[great northern]

8 votes for the N make it comfortably the best of the SECR.

 

And that, I think, must bring us to the search for the best design of the Great Northern Railway.

[Mallard60022]

N2.

[LNER4479]

No. 1470?

[Jon4470]

44 minutes ago, LNER4479 said:

No. 1470?

I have to agree with that choice!

[LNER4479]

Can't imagine why?

 

I can see the arbiter reaching for his red card even now ... 

[2750Papyrus]

I'm very fond of the N2 but it was not universally popular.  The K3 has a very good claim and the singles and atlantics were very successful in their time.  But surely, the choice has to be the original A1, famous in its own right, progenitor of a whole string of famous locomotives and the starting point of a life-long hobby for so many?

[Metropolitan H]

My vote goes to the GNR Class H4 2-6-0, better known as the LNER K3 - although built as a fast goods loco, they soon proved themselves a good hauler of Heavy Express trains and so set the scene for the A1s / A3s / V2s etc.

 

Regards

Chris H

[DaveF]

 

I'm also going for the K3 (GNR H4).  A good all rounder, never in the limelight but certainly earned their keep.

 

David

[Sandhole]

K3 for me, A brute of an engine, especially at speed, when things tended to get lively!

[Denbridge]

Has to be 1470. The first of many.

[sandra]

Got to be the Gresley Pacific 1470.

[jazzer]

5 hours ago, Mallard60022 said:

N2.

My vote as well

[Market65]

This is a fairly tricky one in some ways, but I’m going for the class H4 which became the LNER/BR class K3. Such an excellent engine despite some bad riding issues.

 

 Rob.

[jollysmart]

N2 for me today.

[New Haven Neil]

J50.  Even Thompson wanted to build them as the standard LNER shunter.

[Bill37]

K3 for me please.

[great northern]

With 13 on, Bois Roussel is well off the platform, and with nothing coming between it and the camera.

 

 

 

 

 

[Woodcock29]

1470 for me

[drmditch]

No.1470 please.

[manna]

G'Day Folks

 

Hard one, so many 'Good' engines, Stirling's 8ft No 1 certainly bought 'speed' to the fore on the GN, Ivatts first 4-4-2, Gresley's 2-6-0 family, followed by 'Great Northern' who's size shocked everyone.

 

Better go with 1470.

 

manna

[thegreenhowards]

This is a hard one with K3, N2 and A1 all contenders. But I don’t think the A1 was really sorted out until LNER days and the N2 was a niche product. So I’m going to give it to the C1. Despite not being perfect in its original guise, Gresley sorted it out and for an express passenger engine it had superb longevity, with 50 years of service. And a real part of the ECML tradition.