Grand Junction Railway 2-2-2 No. 49 (1868) 'Columbine'
York, Yorkshire, UK 		Location: National Railway Museum
Status: Display
Posted: Jun 17, 2026 @ 07:06:17 by Russell Newman
After being on display at the Science Museum at South Kensington in London for 26 years, the former Grand Junction Railway, 1845 built 2-2-2 No. 1868 "Columbine", has now left the Science Museum and has been returned to the National Railway Museum in York for further display there.
Posted: Feb 17, 2012 @ 13:02:28 by Steve Frost
As the build date shows, this is an early loco for the Grand Junction Railway, later part of the London & North Western Railway. What the photo shows is that it has outside cylinders. This is a response to the Stephenson 'Patentee' type whose inside cylinders necessitated a crank axle for the driving wheels. These axles were known to fail with disasterous consequences, so the plain axle of the loco with outside cylinders was chosen by the designer, Alexander Allan.

Currently displayed in LNWR black.