LNER P2 Class 2007 Prince of Wales

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LNER Class P2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales is a 2-8-2 "Mikado" steam locomotive being built at Darlington Locomotive Works, England to an original design by Nigel Gresley, former Chief Mechanical Engineer for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). It will be the seventh member of its class and one of two P2s in existence, along with the replica of No. 2001 after the original six locomotives were converted to 4-6-2 LNER Thompson Class A2/2 engines by Gresley's successor Edward Thompson in 1943 and 1944. The original P2s were built between 1934 and 1936 and employed to haul heavy passenger trains on the LNER's Edinburgh to Aberdeen line, and were declared Britain's most powerful express passenger engines. The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust announced the project in 2013, following the completion and success of its first new build project LNER Peppercorn Class A1 No. 60163 Tornado in 2008. Construction began in 2014 with its design based on P2 No. 2001 Cock o' the North with some modifications...

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