The Great Northern Railway Class A1 1470 Great Northern was the first of 52 A1 class locomotives. It has also represented three distinct stages in the history of the British 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley for the Great Northern Railway (GNR), a constituent company of the London and North Eastern Railway before the ...

The London and North Eastern Railway Gresley Classes A1 and A3 locomotives represented two distinct stages in the history of the British 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley.

In 1923, the LNER inherited four pacifics, to two classes each consisting of two locomotives, one class from either of two of its constituents, the Great Northern Railway (GNR) and the North Eastern Railway (NER). The Great Northern Pacifics, were of GNR Class A1, designed by Nigel Gresley and numbered 1470/1.

Realising the need for standardization, Gresley adopted his GNR Pacific design as the standard express passenger locomotive for the LNER main line, designating it 'A1' within the LNER locomotive classification system.

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 surviving A1s were eventually rebuilt as A3s.

The Great Northern Railway Class A1 1470 Great Northern was the first of 52 A1 class locomotives. It has also represented three distinct stages in the history of the British 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley for the Great Northern Railway (GNR), a constituent company of...

Great Northern is historically significant because it was the first Pacific to be built by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) as a prototype of the new '1470 class'. It was also the only original A1 to not be rebuilt by the LNER as an A3.

Realising the need for standardisation, Gresley adopted his GNR Pacific design as the standard express passenger locomotive for the LNER main line, designating it 'A1' within the LNER locomotive classification system.

While no GNR built locos of this class were preserved, 60163 Tornado was started in 1994 by the A1 Steam locomotive trust, and is running on the main line. https://www.a1steam.com/

Jun 11, 2023 · Update: In my AU, Gordon is LNER/GNR A1 class #1470 “Great Northern”. He was loaned by the NWR in mid-1922, and purchased in early 1923. He only received slight modifications throughout his life, and was shortly retired from express services in 2011, but later returned to pulling one of 8 express trains in 2014.