LNER Class A4 - Preservation

Preservation

Six of the locomotives have been preserved, four of them in the U.K and have run on the BR main lines at some point during their preservation career. Another two have been preserved in the U.S.A and Canada, rather appropriately due to their names. Both North American-based A4s are due to move to the National Railway Museum, York, in late 2012 on three-year loans.

Image Numbers Name Home base Condition
Original LNER Number LNER 1946 BR Number
4464 19 60019 Bittern Southall Railway Centre Owned by Jeremy Hosking. Approved for mainline use, currently in LNER blue livery.
4468 22 60022 Mallard National Railway Museum Static display (operational during late 1980s for two years)
4488 9 60009 Union of South Africa Crewe Heritage Centre Owned by John Cameron. Approved for mainline use, currently in BR Green livery.
4489 10 60010 Dominion of Canada Canadian Railway Museum Static display
4496 8 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin Static display
4498 7 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley North Yorkshire Moors Railway Approved for main-line use

In BR Blue with BR Number

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