lner class a4

Sir Nigel Gresley introduced the famous LNER Class A4 locomotives in 1935 to pull a new train called the Silver Jubilee, between London King's Cross and Newcastle, in celebration of King George V's 25th year of reign. The A4 pacifics (with the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement) were designed for low consumption of coal and water on all kinds of services; passenger and freight. With the introduction of the double-exhaust Kylchap blastpipe, the consumption levels of the above dropped even more, gaining more revenue to their operators. On July 3 1938 the Mallard, newly fitted with the Kylchap exhaust, set a world speed record of 125 mph (201.2 km/h), pulling six cars plus a dynamometer car. Although the dynamometer car indicated a top speed of 126 mph (202.8 km/h), Sir Nigel Gresley never accepted this speed as the record-breaking maximum. He claimed this speed could only have been attained over a few yards (metres). He was comfortable that the German speed record of 124.5 mph (200.4 km/h) had been surpassed. The Class A4 locomotives were known to train spotters as "streaks".

A4s in preservation

More A4s have survived in preservation than any other LNER class.

gcolor="orange"|Undergoing refurbishment

bgcolor="lime"|In use

olspan="2" width="100" align="center"\|Numbers	rowspan="2"\|Name	rowspan="2"\|Current Location	rowspan="2"\|Condition
lign="center" width="50"\|Original	align="center" width="50"\|BR
lign="center"\|4464	align="center"\|60019	Bittern	Mid Hants Watercress Railway	bgcolor="orange"\|Undergoing referbishment to mainline condition
lign="center"\|4468	align="center"\|60022	Mallard	National Railway Museum, York	bgcolor="silver"\|Believed to be in working order, but with expired boiler certificate; Static display
lign="center"\|4488	align="center"\|60009	'''Union of South Africa	Severn Valley Railway	bgcolor="lime"\|Full working order, mainline certificate
lign="center"\|4489	align="center"\|60010	Dominion of Canada	Canadian Railway Museum	bgcolor="silver"\|Static display
lign="center"\|4496	align="center"\|60008	Dwight D Eisenhower	National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin	bgcolor="silver"\|Static display
lign="center"\|4498	align="center"\|60078	Sir Nigel Gresley	North Yorkshire Moors Railway	bgcolor="orange"\|Undergoing referbishment to mainline condition

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