Gresley P2 Cock O' the North

Two organisations are planning to build a replica of Sir Nigel Gresley's class P2 Cock o' the North, that was completed in 1934 by the London & North Eastern Railway at its Doncaster works.

Firstly, there is The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust that has built the completely new 'A1' Tornado to the original design and with the help of the latest technology, for details click here. Secondly there is the Doncaster P2 Locomotive Trust - Cock O' The North LNER 2001, for details click here. Both appear to have made rapid progress since announcing their projects.

To read a contemporary article about the thinking lying behind the design of the P2s have a look at an article published in Railway Wonders of the World published in the 1930s, click here for the article