This first volume on the LNER 4-4-0 locomotives describes the design, construction, history, operation and performance of the Great Northern, Great Central and Great Eastern examples, classified by the LNER at the Grouping as classes, D1 - D4, D5 - D12 and D13 - D16 respectively. It covers from their emergence in the late nineteenth century to their demise in the mid or late 1950s and their performance at their peak operation times, mainly in the inter-war years of LNER ownership. It also includes the former Midland & Great Northern Railway engines that were later absorbed by the LNER as classes D52 - D54.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface & Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 The Engineers
  • H.A.Ivatt
  • Charles Sacré
  • Thomas Parker
  • Henry Pollitt
  • John G. Robinson
  • James Holden
  • Stephen D.Holden
  • Alfred J. Hill
  • Samuel Johnson
• Chapter 2 The Great Northern 4-4-0s
  • The D1, H.A. Ivatt, 1911
  • The D2, H.A. Ivatt, 1898
  • The D3 & D4, H.A. Ivatt, 1896
• Chapter 3 The Great Central 4-4-0s
  • The D5, Henry Pollitt, 1895
  • The D6, Henry Pollitt, 1897
  • The D7, Thomas Parker, 1887
  • The D8, Thomas Parker, 1888
  • The D9, J.G. Robinson, 1901
  • The D10, J.G. Robinson, 1913
  • The D11/1, J.G. Robinson, 1919
  • The D11/2, J.G. Robinson/Nigel Gresley, 1924
  • The D12, Charles Sacré, 1877
• Chapter 4 The Great Eastern 4-4-0s
  • The D13, James Holden, 1886
  • The D14, James Holden, 1900
  • The D15, James Holden, 1903
  • The D16, Alfred Hill, 1923
• Chapter 5 The Midland & Great Northern Railway 4-4-0s
  • The ‘A’ Rebuilds, Beyer Peacock, 1882
  • The D52, S.W. Johnson, 1894
  • The D53 & D54, S.W. Johnson Rebuilds
• Colour Section
• Appendix
• Bibliography