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    The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class V2 2-6-2 steam locomotives were designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for express mixed traffic work across the...
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    The LNER Class V2 2-6-2 steam locomotive, number 4771 Green Arrow was built in June 1936 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster...
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    software. Modelling data for the P2 design and a modified design with a LNER Class V2 type pony truck was published in early 2013. The rail-dynamics software...
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    LNER Class P2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales is a 2-8-2 "Mikado" steam locomotive being built at Darlington Locomotive Works, England to an original design by...
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    Nigel Gresley (section LNER)
    Class A4 4-6-2 (1935) LNER Class V2 2-6-2 (1936) LNER Class K4 2-6-0 (1937) LNER Class V3 2-6-2T (1939) LNER Class V4 2-6-2 (1941) LNER No. 6701 Bo+Bo electric...
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  • Dragon V2, a commercial spacecraft being developed for astronaut crew transport LNER Class V2, a British railway steam locomotive class NER Class V2, a class...
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    another at Hitchin, Hertfordshire. A third freight train, hauled by Ex-LNER Class V2 2-6-2 No. 60885, ran into the wreckage. On 7 April 1964, locomotive...
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    Mallard (4468) and Sir Nigel Gresley (4498), LNER Class J36 Maude (NBR 673, LNER pre-1946 9673) and Class V2 Green Arrow (4771). Furthermore, the aforementioned...
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    Mechanical Engineer of the LNER in April 1941, Darlington works was busy building Class V2 mixed traffic locomotives. Although the V2 class were competent and...
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    locomotive was returned and is displayed in the Collection building. LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard which is usually displayed in the NRM's York museum was...
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    The LNER Class A4 is a class of streamlined 4-6-2 steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1935. Their streamlined...
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  • modified from class V2 during construction LNER Thompson Class A2/2, six locomotives (nos. 2001-6, later 501-6) rebuilt from class P2 in 1943–44 LNER Thompson...
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    ordered a further ten '1470-class' locomotives, which were under construction at Doncaster at the time of the formation of the LNER in 1923. This included...
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    LNER Class A3 4-6-2 No. 4472 Flying Scotsman LMS 5XP Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No. 5690 Leander LNER Class A4 4-6-2 No. 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley LNER Class V2...
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    locomotives designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, chief mechanical engineer of the LNER, assisted by Harold Holcroft. It enables a three-cylinder locomotive to operate...
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    an exchange of locomotives in preparation for Swindon 175 in 2016. LNER Class V2 2-6-2 4771 Green Arrow. After many years of being a popular operation...
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    The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class V1 and Class V3 were two classes of related 2-6-2T steam locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley. A...
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    Eastern Railway (LNER) J94 Class is a class of steam locomotive that was formed when 75 former "Austerity" 0-6-0STs were purchased by the LNER in 1946 from...
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    The LNER Class A1/1 consisted of a single 4-6-2 "Pacific" express passenger locomotive rebuilt in 1945 from an A1 class locomotive, by Edward Thompson...
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    but is summarised here: GER Class S46 (LNER Class D14), 4 ft 9 in diameter boiler, round-top firebox GER Class D56 (LNER Class D15), 4 ft 9 in diameter boiler...
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    Flying Scotsman is a LNER Class A3 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotive built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to...
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    the frames. Some locomotive classes used both types depending on the date the batch was constructed (e.g. LNER Class V2). Because heat losses are of...
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    Register of LNER Locomotives. Vol. 4, Gresley V2 and V4 classes. Irwell Press. "The Gresley V4 2-6-2 'Bantam Cock' Class Locomotives". LNER Encyclopedia...
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    Disambiguation: LNER Thompson Class A2 The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class A2/3 was a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives. They were newly...
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    The North Eastern Railway Class S3, classified B16 by the LNER, was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for mixed traffic work. It was designed...
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    The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) D49 Class is a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley. They were named after fox hunts...
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    The NER Class Z (LNER Class C7) was an 4-4-2 "Atlantic" class of locomotives designed by Vincent Raven. It was introduced in 1911. Vincent Raven had been...
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    Railway (LNER) Thompson Class B1 is a class of steam locomotive designed by Edward Thompson for medium mixed traffic work. It was the LNER's equivalent...
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    known as the North Clyde Line. Class N2/1 built 1920–21, GNR locos with condensing apparatus Class N2/2 built 1925, LNER locos without condensing apparatus;...
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    the names and numbers of the steam locomotives that comprised the LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3, that ran on the Great Northern (GNR) and latterly the...
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