The 2861 "Sheffield Wednesday"
a painting by GS Cooper
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In 1936, the LNER built fourteen engines to be named after football clubs that played in or near the railway's area.

Originally the first three were to be named Huddersfield Town, Derby County, and Leeds United but with three of the four semi-finalists being 'LNER' teams, they were to be honoured by having a locomotive named after them first (the other semi-finalist was Fulham).

The first three Class B17 'footballers' were therefore re-designated Arsenal, Sheffield United and Grimsby Town.

All the B17s were painted an unlined black from November 1941, and stayed like that until after the war, when their colour was changed to Brunswick Green.

The 'Footballers' were:

2848 Arsenal,
2849 Sheffield United,
2850 Grimsby Town,
2851 Derby County,
2852 Darlington,
2853 Huddersfield Town,
2854 Sunderland,
2855 Middlesbrough,
2856 Leeds United
2857 Doncaster Rovers,
2858 Newcastle United,
2859 Norwich City,
2860 Hull City,
2861 Sheffield Wednesday,
2862 Manchester United,
2863 Everton,
2864 Liverpool,
2865 Leicester City,
2866 Nottingham Forest,
2867 Bradford,
2868 Bradford City,
2869 Barnsley,
2870 Manchester City which was later renamed Tottenham Hotspur,
2871 Manchester City,
2872 West Ham United.