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LNER Class V2
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Doncaster Works· from 1936· class of 184 three-cylinder 2-6-2 locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Green Arrow at Toddington 1: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0
- 2. LNER V2 60800 'Green Arrow' at Crewe Works: Our Phellap· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 60532, 60800, GCR04 63601, Class 52 D1023, Class 42 D832, D821 and Class 35 D7078 taken during the Old Oak Common Open Day on 05 Aug 2000: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. A.P.T. The Advanced Passenger Train - 20833930231: Elsie esq.· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Carnforth Steam Depot (29402990703): Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. English Electric 'Deltic' prototype & LNER 'Green Arrow' Locomotion Shildon 29.06.2009 P6290063 (9989613803): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
- 7. Ex-LNER V2 Green Arrow - 55055898630: shipley43· CC BY 4.0
- 8. Green Arrow (3590094640): Timitrius from Great Britain· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. 60874 LNER Class V2 2-6-2 on an Up Parcels train near Brookmans Park, 1963: Steve Knight· CC BY 4.0
- 10. 60895 LNER Class V2 2-6-2 York Shed 2nd May 1964: Steve Knight· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
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 British railway network. They were built at the LNER workshops in Doncaster and Darlington between 1936 and 1944. The best known example is the first of the class to be constructed: 4771 Green Arrow, which is now the only example of the class in preservation.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 90 years ago, in 1936.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 30 years (1936–1966).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1936–1944
- in service from
- 1936
- retired
- 1966
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 184
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Doncaster Works, Darlington Works
- designer
- Sir Nigel Gresley
- operators
- London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, North Eastern Region of British Railways, Scottish Region of British Railways, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
- length
- 20.1 m
- weight
- 94.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459290, Wikipedia: LNER Class V2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.