Green Arrow: The Ultimate Guide to Gresley's 'Sawn-off Flying Scotsman' | Curator with a Camera

You asked for it! Get ready for one of our most in-depth tours yet as Anthony Coulls gives you the lowdown on Green Arrow, the so-called 'sawn-off Scotsman' which is both the first example of a V2 Class locomotive to be produced and the sole surviving example of its type.

In this bumper edition of Curator with a Camera filmed at the Danum Gallery, Library and Museum in Doncaster, Anthony explores this beautiful locomotive in great detail to satisfy the many, many requests we've had to feature it.

To see our video on Flying Scotsman, that's here:

Curious about the speedy, streamlined Gresley A4s? Check out Mallard here:

Chapters:

00:00-00:26 Intro
00:26-01:34 Where does Green Arrow fit in LNER's 1930s lineup?
01:34-01:56 The sawn-off Flying Scotsman
01:56-02:32 Wheel configuration
02:32-03:20 The boiler, nameplate and numbering
03:20-04:48 The infamous monobloc casting
04:48-05:35 Smokebox furniture and front details
05:35-05:49 PING
05:49-07:05 Equipment from mainline operation
07:06-07:33 Sandboxes
07:33-07:52 Wakefield Mechanical Lubricators
07:52-08:32 Signs of wear
08:32-09:30 Driving wheels and balancing weights
09:30-10:15 Original parts
10:15-10:40 Restoration and high-quality finish
10:40-11:20 Yes, locomotives have tyres
11:20-11:50 Pony truck and firebox
11:50-12:00 Made in Doncaster
12:00-12:50 Inside the cab
12:50-13:24 Driver's seat
13:24-15:40 Driver's controls
15:40-15:57 Whistle
15:57-16:20 More driver controls
16:20-18:15 Fireman's area
18:15-18:52 The tender
18:52-19:45 Handbrake, fire irons, speaker
19:45-20:18 Yorkshire coal
20:18-20:44 Conclusion
20:44-21:15 Like and subscribe!

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[leokimvideo]

Frozen in time since 2008, just such a shame she's now totally static. Honestly engines like this need to be alive and free to run.

[joshslater]

I remember seeing Green Arrow at the NRM when I was little (granted I can’t remember it well but I know it was there). It’s a nice loco and I’m planning to visit it in Doncaster this summer if I get the chance.

[emmabird]

A number of years ago we took a steam tour behind Green Arrow over the Devon banks, What a splendid locomotive, it was superb.
Thank you Green arrow.

[neroroseumu]

Mallard..
Flying Scotsman..
Sir Nigel Gresley..
Union Of South Africa..
Etc..

Green 💚 Arrow... belongs among some of the Greatest locomotives 🚂 of all time..

Hall of fame..👍🏻

Very beautiful locomotive 🚂.. 💚

Curator with the camera 📸 is the best.. 👍🏻

So very educational.. Worth watching.. 👍🏻

[nielsleenknegt]

I can't wait for this. Honestly, I've never heard of this engine and barely anything on the V2s apart from someone mentioning them whiles talking about the 2-8-2 p2's but that's it.

[Olivers-trains]

Brilliant video, I do recognise the cab, as I cabbed Flying Scotsman on the KWVR a couple weeks ago which is my profile picture. I do like the NRM and hope that the V2 comes back on the rails. I also must visit the Danum next time I get the train to Donny

[PaulPower]

I've always had a soft spot for Green Arrow ever since my earliest visits to the NRM as a small child around 1989-1990*, I remember its apple green standing out as a nice colour triad with Mallard's blue and Duchess of Hamilton's red. I'm slightly sad it doesn't live at York with them any more, though I understand you can't put every loco there! Plus if it was built in Doncaster, then it makes sense that Doncaster should be where it spends its retirement.

* was also fun to have Green Arrow be the loco that makes friends with Thomas in Thomas and the Great Railway Show, nice to see it get the spotlight there.

[Mackeson]

Nice new museum isn't it? I recommend the cafe too! 😉

[roberthocking]

Another wonderful video and engine. What an awesome feeling it must be to stand right beside the loco.

[laurenceskinnerton]

It would be nice to see the locomotive operating again.

[JoshHemingwayMetcalfe]

I can't wait for this. Green Arrows turn now.

[grumpyoldman]

Green Arrow was a premium freight, not parcels, service

Customers paid a premium and a Green Arrow sticker was stuck on the label of the wagon to which the premium applied; when a freight train left its starting point, a telegram - from memory it stated "STRAN TAGUS GREEN ARROW - - - " was sent to the destination point for that service stating the wagon numbers to which the premium applied, and their ultimate destinations. On arrival at the end destination for that particular freight service (say Toton), priority was given to the wagons during sorting and for inclusion in an ongoing service - if the next ongoing service towards the ultimate destination was limited by length or weight, the Green Arrow wagons took precedence over others.

[colin.d]

Look like another railway museum to add to my list!

[christophergarland]

Rode behind her when she visited the NYMR in 2006. One of my earliest memories.

[alanbarnes]

I grew up in South Wales so never saw V2s, however, September 1966 self and brother were passengers on a Cross.Over the Waverley route behind V2 60836, unforgettable, she had the three puffs and a pause exhaust beat which were all part of the V2 style.

[michaelmiller]

Wonderful video! Beautiful locomotive! Thanks

[davefiddes]

Nice looking locomotive. I was lucky to get a guided tour of the footplate by a chap at Locomotion back in 2017. He was very good at explaining the basics of how to drive the thing.

[joshslater]

Fresh from a visit to Danum library, I’ve just seen this beautiful locomotive in person. I might’ve seen it in my youth, but this is the first time in years. It still has that LNER charm and looks very nice next to No.251(which I would also like a Curator with a camera episode on).

[Goldsteam]

A very interesting and clear to understand tour, thank you Anthony.

[ironmaidentragic]

This is the most beautiful loco ever!! Magnificent🤘🤘