Henry (The Tales of Henry the Green Engine)

Henry (The Tales of Henry the Green Engine) is a Green Tender Engine!

Technical Details:
Henry is based on the London, Midland, and Scottish Railway Class 5, affectionately nicknamed the "Black 5's". Designed by William Stanier, 842 Locomotives were constructed between 1934-1951 at the LMS's Workshops at Crewe, Derby, and Horwich, which additional locomotives constructed at Vulcan Foundry and Armstrong Whitworth. The Black 5 were designed to be "Go Anywhere" Machines, and handled work all across the LMS system. Impressively, the Black 5's lasted until the end of Steam on BR until 1968, and happily, 18 members of the class managed to survive into preservation.

While Henry's current design is based on a "Black 5", this wasn't always the case. Originally, Henry was a bizzare mix between the LNER's A1 Pacific and C1 Atlantics, constructed by an unknown locomotive builder, who had supposedly stolen plans from Sir Nigel Gresley, this design was called the GNR L4. Ultimately, however, following the infamous "Kipper" Incident, Henry would be rebuilt into a Black 5 at the LMS Crewe Works, and has remained that way ever since.

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