Tags: Locomotive.
Ex-LNER 60034 Lord Faringdon (or formerly 4903 Peregrine as it was before being renumbered under British Railways) was one of 35 Doncaster built Class A4 Gresley Pacific steam locomotives.It entered service on 1 July 1938 and was withdrawn on 24 August 1966.Like her famous sister Mallard Lord Faringdon was one of a small number of A4 Pacifics built with a double chimney and double Kylchap blastpipe.60034 Lord Faringdon was based at Kings Cross and ran on the London-Edinburgh line.When British Railways were nationalised and the LNER A4s were renumbered 60034 Lord Faringdon and two of her sisters E22 Mallard and 60033 Seagull were used for the 1948 Locomotive Exchange Trials.
