Monday, April 21, 2008

Green Arrow


London & North Eastern Region (LNER) Class V2 steam locomotive 4771 "Green Arrow" was designed by Nigel Gresley and built at Doncaster in June 1936. The first-built and only surviving member of its class, it was designed for hauling express freight and passenger trains and named after an LNER express freight service. It was later renumbered 60800 by British Railways, and withdrawn in August 1962. Subsequently 4771 was preserved as part of the National Railway Museum collection, and ran in preservation until being withdrawn from service today at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. The locomotive will return to the National Collection and be on static display at the National Railway Museum's "Locomotion" site at Shildon. The photograph shows "Green Arrow" leaving Winchcombe on the Gloucestershire-Warwickshire Railway on 5th August 2007