Green Arrow
From Thomas the Tank Engine Wikia
- "My brothers and I were built to run fast goods train, but we did it so well that they let us pull expresses too."
- — Green Arrow, "Thomas and the Great Railway Show"
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Green Arrow is a LNER Class V2 preserved as one of the main attractions of the National Railway Museum. He has been put on display at "Locomotion" (the National Railway Museum in Shildon) since his boiler certificate expired in 2008.
He was built in June 1936 for the London and North Eastern Railway at Doncaster Works to a design of Nigel Gresley.
Green Arrow resembles Flying Scotsman; the only differences are that Green Arrow is shorter and has a wheel arrangement of 2-6-2 with a six-wheeled tender.
Thomas met Green Arrow after his unusual arrival on the back of a lorry to find Green Arrow being repaired.
Preservation
Green Arrow was withdrawn from service in August, 1962, and bought by the National Railway Museum. He would pull rail tours from time to time, but in 2008, was withdrawn from rail tour service. This was because two of his superheated tubes where cracked. These tubes were fixed, but Green Arrow was soon taken away for static display. His boiler was not to expire until mid-late 2008, but it failed shortly after the tubes where repaired. It is unlikely that he will return to steam in the coming future.
Trivia
- Green Arrow is the only LNER Class V2 2-6-2 tender engine in preservation.
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