

3401 Bantam Cock, had a scaled-down version of the Gresley Pacific boiler with a grate area of 27½ sq ft. Two locomotives were built at the LNER’s Doncaster Works in 1941. The class V2s, introduced in 1936, had limited route availability and the class V4 was a lightweight alternative, suitable for use over the whole of the LNER network. 4771 Green Arrow is preserved as a part of the National Collection. The class V4s had similarities in their appearance and mechanical layout to the class V2s of which pioneer No. It was Gresley’s last design for the LNER before he died in 1941. 4472 Flying Scotsman and world speed record holder No. The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) class V4 was a class of 2-6-2 steam locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley – who also designed world-famous No. At its Annual Convention in September 2017, the Trust confirmed that it has started work identifying and scanning the original drawings for the Gresley class V4 at the National Railway Museum in York in order that the design book for new locomotive could be created within 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD).


2007 Prince of Wales with the construction of further extinct LNER steam locomotives – a Gresley class V4 2-6-2, a Gresley class V3 2-6-2T and a Gresley class K3 2-6-0. 60163 Tornado and Gresley class P2 2-8-2 No. A Gresley class V4 2-6-2 – The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust’s next projectĪt its Silver Jubilee Convention in October 2015, The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust announced that it would follow its Peppercorn class A1 4-6-2 No.
