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LNER Gresley "V4" Class 2-6-2
Class Types
LNER Class |
V4 |
General
Designer |
Sir Nigel Gresley |
Introduced |
1941 |
Grouping Company |
London and North Eastern Railway |
Description (1957) |
Class V4, Gresley's last design, introduced in 1944. Light-weight mixed traffic 2-6-2's, they were intended as a proto-53 type of a new general purpose engine, but were superseded by Thompson's B1 class of 1942. 5'8" wheels, 3 cylinders, 15 X 26 ins., 250 lbs. pressure. No. 61700 scrapped in 1957. |
Wheel Arrangement |
2-6-2 |
Number Built as V4 |
2 |
First in Service |
25/02/1941 |
Last in Service |
26/11/1957 |
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Power
Variant Introduced |
1941 |
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