Our detailed knowledge of the early locomotives is mainly thanks to Bird’s LOCOMOTIVES OF THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY, first published by the Locomotive Publishing Company (1903). There is a modern version edited by John Christopher (2013) which includes all Bird’s line drawings, making it a handy edition to consult if the reader is more interested in their appearance than mere facts and figures.
- Benjamin Cubitt (1846 – 1848)
- Edward Bury (1848 – 1850)
- Archibald Sturrock (1850 – 1866)
- Sturrock Rebuilds of earlier engines
- Early Locomotives Rebuilt by Stirling (1866-)
- Stirling Locomotive Drawings (1866 – 1869)
- Stirling Locomotive Drawings (1870 – 1895)
- Q Drawings (1866)
- Vacuum Brakes fitted
- Bogies, Trucks and Springs
- Stirling Singles Detail Drawings
- Doncaster Works Boiler Changes (1896-)
- Engine Classification
- Boiler Diagrams
Technical data for the engines of the various wheel arrangements:
- A 4-2-2
- A 4-6-2
- B 2-2-2
- C 4-4-2
- C 4-4-2T
- D 4-4-0
- E 2-4-0
- F 0-4-2
- F 0-4-2T
- G 0-4-4T
- H 2-6-0
- J 0-6-0
- J 0-6-0ST
- J 0-6-0T
- K 0-8-0
- L 0-8-2T
- M 0-4-0
- N 0-6-2T
- O 2-8-0