The

London and North Eastern Railway The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the " Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated from 1 January 1923 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948. At th ...

used a few petrol and

diesel locomotive A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed, differing mainly in the means by which mechanical power is conveyed to the driving whee ...

s. These included the

LNER Class Y11 LNER Class Y11 was a class of petrol powered 0-4-0 locomotives built by Motor Rail & Tram Car Company Limited under their ''Simplex'' brand and introduced in the years 1919–1925, operating after its formation in 1922 on the London and Nort ...

petrol locomotives, the diesel

shunters A switcher locomotive (American English), shunter locomotive (British English), or shifter locomotive ( Pennsylvania Railroad terminology) is a locomotive used for maneuvering railway vehicles over short distances. Switchers do not usually mov ...

which later became British Rail Class D3/9 and

British Rail Class D3/14 British Rail Class D3/14 was a diesel-electric locomotive built by the London and North Eastern Railway at its Doncaster Works. It had a Petter engine, and Brush Traction electricals. It was absorbed by British Railways on nationalisation, b ...

and the Kitson-Still steam diesel hybrid locomotive. During the 1930s, Armstrong Whitworth supplied an experimental 1-Co-1 diesel-electric locomotive and several diesel-electric

railcar A railcar (not to be confused with a railway car) is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers. The term "railcar" is usually used in reference to a train consisting of a single coach (carriage, car), with a drive ...

s. 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 British Railways Class D16/2 was a class of prototype diesel locomotives built by British Railways at Ashford Works and introduced in 1950–1951, with a third example being introduced in 1954. They had been designed by Oliver Bulleid for the S ...

but the order was cancelled after

nationalisation Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to pri ...

in 1948.

Petrol railcars

The LNER inherited several petrol railcars from its constituent companies: *

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petrol inspection car * NER petrol-electric autocars (these were similar in body style to the Tyneside Electrics) * NER petrol rail motor bus * NER petrol autocar * GCR petrol-electric railcar

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Armstrong Whitworth locomotives and railcars
Internal combustion locomotives Diesel locomotives of Great Britain {{diesel-loco-stub

Petrol railcars

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