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Green Arrow was withdrawn from British Railways service in August 1962, and selected for preservation within the National Railway Museum, it was restored at Doncaster Works. It would pull rail tours from time to time, but in 2008, was withdrawn from rail tour service.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. Green Arrow's number (4771) is painted on the side of the cab in yellow and the initials "LNER" are painted on the tender, also in yellow. Green Arrow has a black nameplate with a white boarder on the sides of the smokebox with the name Green Arrow on them, also in white. The buffer beams are painted red with silver buffers.
Appearances
The Railway Series
Companion Volumes
- 1979 - Annual: York's National Railway Museum (cameo)
- 1995 - The Thomas the Tank Engine Man (mentioned)
- 2005 - Sodor: Reading Between the Lines (mentioned)
- 2007 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The New Collection
Trivia
- Green Arrow is the only LNER Class V2 in preservation.
Gallery
The Railway Series
Main Series
References
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