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4771 and 1306 in Wansford station in September 2007
On the left is 4771 Green Arrow which is the only V2 that has been saved. It is part of the National Collection at the NRM at York. This was one of its last in steam trips out of the NRM. On the right is The LNER B1 1306 Mayflower. The B1 was designed by Edward Thompson and was introduced from 1942.
LNER B1 1306 Mayflower has now left the NVR.
4771 in Wansford station
LNER 4771 Green Arrow at Wansford station on the 8th September 2007 on a freight
LNER 4771 Green Arrow was at the Nene Valley Railways Steam Gala in September 2007.
The V2 was designed by Nigel Gresley for the LNER. The V2 is a 2-6-2 mixed traffic express locomotive.
4771 Green Arrow was the first engine built of the class. Its BR number was 60800.
This is the only V2 that has been saved. It is now part of the National Collection at the NRM at York. It was used on the mainline and also on preserved lines,like when it came to the Nene Valley Railway in 2007.
In 2008 while at the NYMR it had a boiler failure. This will mean that it needs a new monobloc cylinder casting. This will cost lots of money. The NRM does not want to start on another locomotive which could cost hundreds of thousands of pounds . The NRM also does not like to end up replacing every part of its engines, so there is nothing left of what was saved in the first place.
LNER B1 1306 in Wansford station September 2007
The LNER B1 class were designed by Edward Thompson and was introduced from 1942. Number 8301 was the first engine and it was named Springbok with 18 more being named after antilopes and 18 more were named after LNER directers.
Only 10 locomotives were built during the war, but orders were then placed with the Vulcan Foundry and the North British Locomotive Company to get things moving. The rest of this class were built at Darington. 274 B1s were built between 1942 and 1947 in LNER days and then 136 B1s were built between 1948 and 1953 under BR.
LNER B1 1306 Mayflower has now left the NVR and is based at the North Norfolk Railway, when not now on the mainline .
photos on this page taken during the Steam Gala weekend at the Nene Valley Railway in 2007
The Nene Valley Railway now (2014) runs from Peterborough to Wansford railway station and then on to Yarwell junction. Wansford Station is on part of the old A1 at Stibbingson and is about 2 miles from the village of Wansford itself. The line is about 7 1/2 miles long. It now has the Fletton Branch which is about another mile and a bit.
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