LNER Class A4 4488 Union of South Africa

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-6-2
• UIC	2'C1h3
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.	3 ft 2 in (0.965 m)
Driver dia.	6 ft 8 in (2.032 m)
Trailing dia.	3 ft 8 in (1.118 m)
Boiler pressure	250 psi (1.72 MPa)
Cylinders	Three
Cylinder size	18.5 in × 26 in (470 mm × 660 mm)
Loco brake	Vacuum
Train brakes	LNER/BR: Vacuum

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Nigel Gresley
Builder	Doncaster Works
Serial number	1853
Build date	16 April 1937

*Union of South Africa*
Union of South Africa
	Union of South Africa passes Condover
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Nigel Gresley
Builder	Doncaster Works
Serial number	1853
Build date	16 April 1937
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-6-2
• UIC	2'C1h3
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.	3 ft 2 in (0.965 m)
Driver dia.	6 ft 8 in (2.032 m)
Trailing dia.	3 ft 8 in (1.118 m)
Boiler pressure	250 psi (1.72 MPa)
Cylinders	Three
Cylinder size	18.5 in × 26 in (470 mm × 660 mm)
Loco brake	Vacuum
Train brakes	LNER/BR: Vacuum
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	35,455 lbf (157.7 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	LNER, BR
Class	A4
Number in class	15 of 35
Numbers	LNER: 4488,; LNER: 9,; BR: 60009
Official name	Union of South Africa
Withdrawn	1 June 1966
Restored	1989
Current owner	John Cameron
Disposition	Static display at John Cameron's Farming and Railway Visitor Centre

60009 Union of South Africa is a LNER Class A4 steam locomotive built at Doncaster Works on 16 April 1937. It is one of six surviving A4s. Its mainline certification expired in April 2020. As the locomotive is subject to a boiler inspection, it was moved to the East Lancashire Railway as the original plan was to keep it running there until the end of boiler certificate and then send it somewhere else for static display, but a cracked boiler tube forced it into retirement prematurely. It was briefly renamed Osprey during part of the 1980s and 1990s due to political opposition against apartheid in South Africa at the time.