These engines were manufactured in four batches and shipped disassembled as kits of parts, before being re-assembled at Derby. Baldwin constructed similar 2-6-0's for the Great Central Railway (GCR Class 15) and Great Northern Railway …

In outside appearance equally with constructive details, these American engines showed a marked difference as compared with the standard G.N.R. goods locomotives. From Fig. 102 it will be seen that they were of the “Mogul” type, having outside cylinders, six-coupled driving wheels, a leading pony truck, and a tender carried on two bogies.

As is customary, engine classes are organized according to the man who was locomotive superintendent when the class was introduced, and to whom the design is often attributed. Six men held this post during the existence of the Great Northern Railway.

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) H1 class was a class of 4-4-2 steam locomotives for express passenger work. They were designed by D. E. Marsh and were built by Messrs Kitson and Company [1] in 1905 and 1906.

Class H1 (Locobase 2656) Most of the data comes from Railroad Gazette 18 May 1900. See also DeGolyer, Volume 22, pp. 150-151. Works numbers were 16927- 16936 in July 1899 and 17321-17325, 17355-17359 in January 1900.

Supplied by Baldwin Burnham William supplied parts for 20 of these engines from their Baldwin Works, Philadelphia. The first 19 engines were shipped over in parts and assembled at Ardsley Shed. The twentieth engine was supplied direct to Paris for exhibition, and was afterwards delivered to the GNR. No spare…

It differed from the GNR '251' class in that the firebox was deeper but with the same grate area and with the working pressure at 200 lb sq in in place of 175. Cylinder sizes differed with 18½ in x 26 in fitted to 37, 38 and 40 whilst 39 and 41 had ones of 19 in diameter.

May 20, 2022 · The GNR H1 class (nicknamed "Yankee Moguls") were a group of 20 2-6-0s built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in the United States in 1899/1900.

May 19, 2024 · To me it seems like there was all of a sudden a ton of American locomotives in Britain around this time. Examples: Lynton and Barnstaple Railway ‘Lyn.’ Midland Railway 2501. GNR H1. I read about it having something to do with strikes therefore British locomotive manufacturers being unable to make locomotives, but who specifically was striking?