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A green [[gauge 0]] model of the [[LNER]] [[4-6-0]] B17 Sandringham class '''"Arsenal" locomotive''' (running number 2848), designed by Sir Nigel Gresley and made by [[Bassett-Lowke]]. | A green [[gauge 0]] model of the [[LNER]] [[4-6-0]] B17 Sandringham class '''"Arsenal" locomotive''' (running number 2848), designed by Sir Nigel Gresley and made by [[Bassett-Lowke]]. | ||
Number 2848 was the first of a number of | Number 2848 was the first of a number of B17's to be named after football clubs, with a football represented on the nameplate. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=82646 Archive film: "LNER Engine Named Arsenal - Lord Lonsdale unveils nameplate in King's Cross Ceremony" (Pathe newsreel, 1936)] | * [http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=82646 Archive film: "LNER Engine Named Arsenal - Lord Lonsdale unveils nameplate in King's Cross Ceremony" (Pathe newsreel, 1936)] | ||
* [http://www.lner.info/locos/B/b17.shtml B17 Sandringham class locomotives - | * [http://www.lner.info/locos/B/b17.shtml B17 Sandringham class locomotives - LNER.info] | ||
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A green gauge 0 model of the LNER 4-6-0 B17 Sandringham class "Arsenal" locomotive (running number 2848), designed by Sir Nigel Gresley and made by Bassett-Lowke.
Number 2848 was the first of a number of B17's to be named after football clubs, with a football represented on the nameplate.
