Green Arrow

"My brothers and I were built to run fast goods train, but we did it so well that they let us pull expresses too."

- Green Arrow, Thomas and the Great Railway Show

    Green Arrow   Green Arrow is a LNER Class V2 preserved as one of the main attractions of the National Railway Museum. He is currently on display at York, but has also been displayed at "Locomotion", the National Railway Museum at Shildon since his boiler certificate expired in 2008.
 * Number: 4771, formerly 800 and 60800
 * Designer: Sir Nigel Gresley
 * Builder: Doncaster Works
 * Built: June 1936
 * Configuration: 2-6-2
 * Retired: 1962-6

He was built in June 1936 for the London and North Eastern Railway at Doncaster Works to a design of Nigel Gresley.

Thomas met Green Arrow after his unusual arrival on the back of a lorry to find Green Arrow being repaired.

Preservation
Green Arrow was withdrawn from service in August, 1962, and bought by the National Railway Museum. He would pull rail tours from time to time, but in 2008, was withdrawn from rail tour service. This was because two of his superheated tubes where cracked. These tubes were fixed, but Green Arrow was soon taken away for static display. His boiler was not to expire until mid-late 2008, but it failed shortly after the tubes where repaired. Green Arrow is now heading back to York to be restored to mainline condition.

Railway Series

 * Thomas and the Great Railway Show

Trivia

 * Green Arrow is the only LNER Class V2 2-6-2 tender engine in preservation.