Sujet

National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York, 1975. Creator: Ian Mesnard Parsons.

Légende

National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York, 1975. Locomotive No. 4771 'Green Arrow' on display at the newly opened National Railway Museum in York. The National Railway Museum had been officially opened by the Duke of Edinburgh the previous day. The engine was the first of 184 V2 Class 2-6-2 locomotives built at the Doncaster works between 1936 and 1944 to a design by Nigel Gresley. Indended for fast frieght services the V2 Class was also used for passenger trains. Built for the London and North Eastern Railway 'Green Arrow' continued in service following nationalisation and was withdarwn in 1962.

Date

1975

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM24A62_105

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

82,4Mo (4,0Mo) / 45,8cm x 45,1cm / 5408 x 5326 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation England railways train York country green British English railway color Yorkshire county location century Britain thirties North Yorkshire seventies Colour 1970s 1930s 20th century steam locomotive LNER TGN photograph National Railway Museum NRM London & North Eastern Railway Sir Nigel Gresley Gresley Nigel Gresley 2-6-2 steam locomotive V2 Class green colour London and North Eastern Railway Historic England Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley HN Gresley Sir Nigel Nigel Historic England Ian Mesnard Parsons Parsons Ian Mesnard Ian M Parsons Green Arrow