Great Eastern Railway 0-4-0 Class 209 (LNER Class Y5) No. 229 shunts a Ruston & Hornsby 48DS in the Darlington Railway Preservation Society sidings at the 1861 shed during the Titans of Steam event at Hopetown Museum in celebration of 200 years of the Stockton & Darlington Railway This event also marked the first time that GER No. 229 has ever ran under its own steam in preservation . . . _________________________________________ #greateasternrailway #railway200 #stocktonanddarlingtonrailway #ra

OO LNER 4-6-2 'Mallard' A4 Class with TTS Sound Order this product: http://tinyurl.com/m5gparm A little bit of history: Probably the most iconic Pacific Express design of locomotive in Great Britain, the LNER Gresley A4, with its streamlined casing, was a classic symbol of the attitude towards speed and design in the 1930s. The 1930s saw increased competition to the railways from road and air travel and the LNER Board knew that they had to make travel between the major cities faster, more comfor

🚂 The LNER A1 Peppercorn Class ‘Tornado’ 🚂 A shining symbol of British engineering reborn from history itself. The Tornado is not a preserved locomotive — it’s a brand new steam engine, built from scratch in the 21st century! Completed in 2008 by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, Tornado is the first newly built mainline steam locomotive in Britain since 1960. Designed to the classic LNER Peppercorn A1 specification, she embodies the golden age of steam — yet with modern features like air brakes,