LNER Class A4 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley

LNER Class A4 No. 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley
LNER Class A4 #4498 Sir Nigel Gresley
Details Builder Doncaster Works Date Built 30 October 1937 Serial Number 1863 Configuration 4-6-2 Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in Wheel Diam Leading 3 ft 2 in (0.965m) Wheel Diam Drivers 6 ft 8 in (2.032 m) Wheel Diam Trailing 3 ft 8 in (1.118 m)
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LNER Class A4 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley is a 4-6-2 "Pacific" type three-cylinder streamlined passenger steam locomotive built in 1937 at Doncaster Works for the London and North Eastern Railway.

Withdrawn from service by British Railways in February 1966, it was saved from the cutter's torch by the A4 Preservation Society, which was soon renamed the A4 Locomotive Society, now a registered charity "the Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Trust" - www.sirnigelgresley.org.uk.

In late 2015, No. 60007's boiler ticket expired and the locomotive was withdrawn from service for an major overhaul. The locomotive eventually returned to service in March 2022, having been repainted in the L.N.E.R. Wartime Black livery at the same time before being repainted back into the B.R. Express Passenger Blue livery in January 2023.

Trivia

• During 1994, Sir Nigel Gresley spent some time at the Great Central Railway and then at the East Lancashire Railway.
• The locomotive achieved the official post war speed record for steam traction of over 112 mph on the 23rd of May 1959
• On the same day, it reached 100 mph on three separate occasions, a unique achievement.
• Mr. Perkins' Railway

Specs

• LNER A4 Dimensions
• http://www.docbrown.info/docspics/ArchiveSteam/loco60007.htm
• http://wikivisually.com/wiki/LNER_Class_A4
• http://wikivisually.com/wiki/LNER_Class_A4_4498_Sir_Nigel_Gresley

Gallery

Preserved LNER Locomotives
A1/A10/A3 Class	No.4472 'Flying Scotsman'
A4	No.4464 'Bittern' • No.4468 'Mallard' • No.4488 'Union of South Africa' • No.4489 'Dominion of Canada (Originally 'Woodcock') • No.4496 'Dwight D. Eisenhower' (Originally 'Golden Shuttle') • No.4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley'
Peppercorn A2 Class	No.60532 'Blue Peter'
B1 Class	No.1264 • No.61306
D49 Class	No.246 'Morayshire'
V2 Class	No.4771 'Green Arrow'
Y1 Class	No.59
J94 Class	No.8077 • No.8078
K4 Class	No.3442 'The Great Marquess' (Originally 'MacCailein Mor')
K1 Class	No.62005
V2 Class	No.4771 'Green Arrow'
Y1 Class	No.59
J52 Class	No.1247
C1/C2 Class	No.251 • No.990 'Henry Oakley'
N2 Class	No.1744
M1/Q Class	No.1621
1463 Class	No.1463
901 Class	No.910
1001 Class	No.1275
Q6 Class	No.2238
Q7 Class	No.901
J21 Class	No.876
J27 Class	No.2392
ES1 Class	No.ES1
X1 Class	No.66 'Aerolite'
H Class	No.1310 • No.985
E1 Class	No.69023
F Class	No.49 'Gordon Highlander'
Y9 Class	No.42
K Class	No.256 'Glen Douglas'
J36 Class	No.673 'Maude'
T26 Class	No.490
G58 Class	No.1217
Y14 Class	No.564
S56 Class	No.87
209 Class	No.229
L77 Class	No.999
S69 Class	No.8572
8K Class	No.102
11F Class	No.506 'Butler-Henderson'