LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Nigel Gresley
Builder	Doncaster Works
Build date	February 1923 (built as A1) 1947 (rebuilt as A3)

*Flying Scotsman*
Flying Scotsman
	Flying Scotsman on the West Somerset Railway on 11 September 2017 in BR green livery with prominent German-style smoke deflectors and double chimney.
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Nigel Gresley
Builder	Doncaster Works
Build date	February 1923 (built as A1) 1947 (rebuilt as A3)
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-6-2
Gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.	80 in (2,032 mm) diameter
Length	70 ft (21.34 m)
Height	13 ft (3.96 m)
Loco weight	96.25 long tons (97.79 t; 107.80 short tons)
Cylinders	3
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	as built: 29,835 lbf (132.71 kN); as A3: 32,910 lbf (146.39 kN);
Operators
Career
Operators	London and North Eastern Railway, British Railways
Class	A3
Numbers	1472 (to February 1924); 4472 (February 1924 – January 1946); 502 (January–May 1946); 103 (May 1946–December 1948); 60103 (December 1948 on);
Official name	Flying Scotsman
Retired	15 January 1963
Restored	1968, 1996, 2016
Current owner	National Railway Museum

LNER A1 and A3 4472 Flying Scotsman is a British steam locomotive. It is a LNER Class A3 locomotive, and has a 4-6-2 wheel configuration. It was built in 1923, during the Interwar period in the aftermath of World War 1 from 1918-1939. It was originally built as an LNER Class A1 Pacific in 1923 and it was rebuilt in 1947 as a A3 Pacific after World War 2 ended in 1945. It was withdrawn in 1963 and later preserved and saved from being scrapped during the Cold War.

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