National Railway Museum - Locomotives

Locomotives

These are a few of the Museum's locomotives (listed by operational state, and then by date the design was introduced).

Operational steam locomotives

• GWR 3700 Class 4-4-0 No. 3440 City of Truro. In service and usually on loan to other railways; when it is not touring it is seen at York. Boiler certification expires in 2014.
• LNWR G Class ("Super D") 0-8-0 No. 49395. In service and usually on loan to other railways; when it is not touring it is stabled either at York or Crewe. Presently based on the East Lancashire Railway. Boiler certification expires in 2015.
• Great Central Railway O4 Class 2-8-0 No. 63601. Currently working on the Great Central Railway. Boiler certification expires in 2012.
• SR N15 Class 4-6-0 No. 30777 Sir Lamiel. Currently kept at the Great Central Railway where it is operational and works on the national network. Boiler certification expires in 2016.
• SR Lord Nelson Class 4-6-0 No. 850 Lord Nelson. Currently working on the Mid Hants Railway. Boiler certification expires in 2016.
• British Railways Standard Class 7 "Britannia" 4-6-2 No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell. Currently based on the Great Central Railway but frequently operates on the mainline.

Steam locomotives under overhaul

• LNER Class A1/A3 4-6-2 No. 4472 Flying Scotsman In final stages of overhaul.

Steam locomotives on static display

• Stephenson's Rocket 0-2-2 Rocket. Two replicas are in the York collection, one built for operation (rebuilt 2009-10) and one sectioned. (The original is with the parent body, the Science Museum in London.)
• NER No. 66 Aerolite. On static display in York since 1934.
• GWR 6000 Class 4-6-0 No. 6000 King George V. Moved to York in September 2008 after changing places with No. 92220 Evening Star.
• LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 5000. On static display.
• LNER Class V2 2-6-2 No. 4771/60800 Green Arrow. After many years of being a popular operation engine, her boiler certificate was due to expire Spring 2008, but failed beforehand on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. In need of extensive repairs to her one-piece three cylinder block, she is unlikely to steam again due to cost and NRM policy. Returned to York after a two year loan to Locomotion at Shildon.
• LMS Princess Coronation Class 4-6-2 No. 6229 Duchess of Hamilton. Recently returned to the NRM after being re-streamlined. It is displayed in the exhibit, Streamlined: Styling an era. There are plans to return the locomotive to steam in the near future.
• LNER Class A4 4-6-2 No. 4468 Mallard. Restored to steam for a time from 1986; now on static display. Unlikely to run again due to exhibit popularity and the fact that all the other A4s in the UK have been restored to working order.
• SR Class Q1 0-6-0 No. C1. On static display. However it is possible it will return to the Bluebell Railway, where it was based for many years, to be returned to service.
• BR standard class 9F 2-10-0 No. 92220 Evening Star, the last steam locomotive built for British Railways. On static display and not expected to return to working order. Recently returned to York after a two year loan to Steam - Museum of the GWR, Swindon.

Steam locomotives located away from York

• GWR 4000 Class 4-6-0 No. 4003 Lode Star. Recently taken to STEAM - Museum of the GWR, Swindon where she swapped places with Evening Star.
• SR Schools class 4-4-0 No. 925 Cheltenham. Recently taken to Eastleigh Works for asbestos removal. She then moved to the Watercress Line where she has been restored to working order.
• Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns 0-4-0ST No. 15 Eustace Forth. Outstationed at Locomotion, Shildon to help maintain a working locomotive presence there.

Fictional locomotives

• Thomas the Tank Engine - Thomas 'visited' the NRM in 1991 in Thomas and the Great Railway Show. He was made an honourary member of the NRM collection by Sir Topham Hatt and the Director of the NRM shortly before he returned home in Thomas Comes Home, released in 1992. Thomas is the only fictional engine to have been admitted into the NRM, although other engines from the NRM Collection have visited the Island of Sodor.