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Green Arrow is an LNER Class V2 steam engine preserved as one of the main attractions of the National Railway Museum in York.

Biography

Green Arrow was built on 13 June, 1936, for the London and North Eastern Railway at Doncaster Works to a design of Sir Nigel Gresley. He and his brothers were built to pull fast goods trains, but did it so well they were allowed to pull express trains too.

Thomas met Green Arrow after his unusual arrival on the back of a lorry to find him being repaired in the workshop.[1] Thomas would later help Green Arrow double head a railtour train and saved him from a serious accident when a rail from an embankment was undermined. Green Arrow then followed Thomas on the other track and they both brought the railtour train safely back to York.[2]

Personality

Green Arrow is a steam engine with a great sense of hospitality although he can be easily offended when someone criticises his strength. He is the last of his locomotive class, and often mentions of his brothers - who have since all been scrapped.

Technical Details

Real-Life History

Green Arrow is an LNER Class V2 2-6-2 steam locomotive and was built in June 1936 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works. The first-built and sole surviving member of its class, it was designed for hauling express freight and passenger trains and named after an express parcels service run by the LNER.

Green Arrow was withdrawn from British Railways service in August 1962, and selected for preservation within the National Railway Museum, it was restored at Doncaster Works. It would pull rail tours from time to time, but in 2008, was withdrawn from rail tour service. Green Arrow resided at Locomotion, a railway museum based in Shildon for a few years. In 2021, Green Arrow was moved to Doncaster's Danum Library, Museum & Gallery for a three-year loan. As of now, the National Railway Museum have no plans to rule out an overhaul for the engine.

Livery

Green Arrow is painted in the LNER apple green with white and black lining livery. His number (4771) is painted on the side of his cab in yellow and the initials "LNER" are painted on his tender, also in yellow. He has a black nameplate with a white boarder on the sides of his smokebox with his name on them, also in white. His buffer beams are painted red with silver buffers.

Appearances

Trivia

  • Green Arrow is the only LNER Class V2 in preservation.

Gallery

The Railway Series

Main Series

References


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