LNER internal combustion locomotives

The London and North Eastern Railway used a few petrol and diesel locomotives.[1] These included the LNER Class Y11 petrol locomotives, the diesel shunters which later became British Rail Class D3/9 and British Rail Class D3/14 and the Kitson-Still steam diesel hybrid locomotive. During the 1930s, Armstrong Whitworth supplied an experimental 1-Co-1 diesel-electric locomotive[2] and several diesel-electric railcars.[3] In the 1940s, the LNER had twenty-five 1,600 hp main-line diesel locomotives on order. These would have been similar to the British Rail Class D16/1 and British Rail Class D16/2 but the order was cancelled after nationalisation in 1948.[4]

Petrol railcars

The LNER inherited several petrol railcars from its constituent companies:

  • NER petrol inspection car[5]
  • NER petrol-electric autocars[6] (these were similar in body style to the Tyneside Electrics)
  • NER petrol rail motor bus[7]
  • NER petrol autocar[8]
  • GCR petrol-electric railcar[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "LNER Internal Combustion Locomotives". LNER Encyclopedia.
  2. ^ "The Armstrong-Whitworth 1-Co-1 Diesel-Electric Locomotive". LNER Encyclopedia.
  3. ^ "The Armstrong-Whitworth Diesel-Electric Railcars". LNER Encyclopedia.
  4. ^ Allen (1959), p. 35.
  5. ^ "The NER Petrol Inspection Cars". LNER Encyclopedia.
  6. ^ "The NER Petrol-Electric Autocars". LNER Encyclopedia.
  7. ^ "The NER Petrol Rail Motor Bus". LNER Encyclopedia.
  8. ^ "The NER Petrol Autocar". LNER Encyclopedia.
  9. ^ "The GCR Petrol-Electric Railcar". LNER Encyclopedia.


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