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LNER Class A4 4489 Dominion of Canada

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Dominion of Canada is an LNER Class A4 steam locomotive, a 4-6-2 built to the same Sir Nigel Gresley design as Mallard. It was built at Doncaster Works in May 1937 as works number 1854. It was meant to be named Buzzard and briefly carried the name Woodcock, before being named Dominion of Canada by the High Commissioner of Canada, H. Vincent Massey, on 15 June 1937, when it was fitted with a Canadian Pacific Railway whistle and bell. In 1937 it was used in an attempt to take back the speed record held by the LMS Coronation Scot, and reached 109.5 mph down Stoke Bank. It was numbered 4489, then 10 in 1946 and 60010 under British Railways, and was renumbered 4489 after a cosmetic restoration at the National Railway Museum in 2012 and 2013.

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Year
1937 1
Propulsion
Steam 1
Engine Class
Steam 1
Status
Surviving 1
Comparison
Body Style
Steam Locomotive 1
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The locomotive was built in Doncaster works in May 1937

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Doncaster Railway Works is a railway workshop located in Doncaster, England.
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1. LNER Class A4 4489 Dominion of Canada (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, year built
    The locomotive was built in Doncaster works in May 1937
  • Lead, locomotive type
    is an LNER Class A4 steam locomotive
  • Lead, steam engine class
    is an LNER Class A4 steam locomotive
  • Lead, steam propulsion
    is an LNER Class A4 steam locomotive
  • Lead, current status
    following a cosmetic restoration at the National Railway Museum in York during late 2012 and early 2013
  • Lead, builder
    The locomotive was built in Doncaster works in May 1937
  • is a version of the model: LNER Class A4, Lead, class
    is an LNER Class A4 steam locomotive
  • In Group: British Main-Line Passenger Steam Locomotives, Service
    primarily for the three-hour Aberdeen to Glasgow express service
  • Exemplifies: Rail Transport, Lead, rail locomotive
    is an LNER Class A4 steam locomotive
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Doncaster Works (Wikipedia)
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Doncaster Railway Works is a railway workshop located in Doncaster, England.
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