LNER Class V2 4771 Green Arrow

Green Arrow is the LNER Class V2 2-6-2 steam locomotive numbered 4771, built in June 1936 for the London and North Eastern Railway at Doncaster Works to a design of Nigel Gresley. It is the first-built and sole surviving member of its class, which was designed for hauling express freight and passenger trains, and it was named after an express freight service. It was first allotted the number 637 and curved nameplates over the middle driving wheels, but entered service as 4771 with straight nameplates, which meant that the builder plate, Doncaster Works number 1837, had to be moved below the cab windows. It became 800 under the LNER in 1946 and 60800 under British Railways in February 1949. It was withdrawn in August 1962 and selected for the national collection.