BR Standard Class 5 73082 Camelot

No. 73082 Camelot is a preserved British Railways Standard Class 5 4-6-0 based on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex, England, and owned by the 73082 Camelot Locomotive Society. It was outshopped from Derby Works in 1955, and worked on the Southern Region of British Railways. In August 1959, it received the name Camelot from withdrawn Urie King Arthur Class engine no. 30742.

BR Standard Class 5 73082 Camelot
73082 on shed at Sheffield Park.
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Derby Works Build date June 1955
Specifications Configuration: ​  • UIC 2′C h2 Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Leading dia. 3 ft 0 in (0.914 m) Driver dia. 6 ft 2 in (1.880 m) Length 62 ft 7 in (19.08 m) Width 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) Height 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m) Axle load 19.70 long tons (20.02 t; 22.06 short tons) Adhesive weight 58.05 long tons (58.98 t; 65.02 short tons) Loco weight 76.00 long tons (77.22 t; 85.12 short tons) Tender type BR1B
Career Operators British Railways Power class 5MT Numbers 73082 Withdrawn 19 June 1966 Disposition In Service at The Bluebell Railway

Withdrawal

In 1966, the locomotive was sent to Woodham Brothers for scrapping. It languished at Barry Docks until 1979 when purchased by the 73082 Camelot Locomotive Society, and moved to the Bluebell Railway for restoration alongside Battle of Britain Pacific 34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair.

Restoration and operation on the Bluebell Railway

73082 returned to steam in 1995 after a protracted overhaul at Sheffield Park and put in almost ten years of service on the Bluebell Railway until withdrawal for a ten year overhaul in June 2005.

Camelot returned to service on the Bluebell Railway for the second time on 25 October 2015.^[1] On 18 September 2018, Camelot made its first visit away from the Bluebell Railway, being hauled to the West Somerset Railway for their Autumn Steam Gala, being hauled over the mainline by Class 37 diesel 37 668, returning on the 1 October in the same way.

References

1. "Operational Locomotives".

Further reading

• Rowledge, John Westbury Peter; Reed, Brian (1977). "Chapter 5". The Stanier 4-6-0s of the LMS. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7385-4. LCCN 77-74358.
• Dowley, Francis; Gibbs, Peter (1996). 73082 CAMELOT From Barry to Bluebell. 73082 Camelot Locomotive Society. ISBN 0-9507761-2-2.
• Gibbs, P.W.; Smith, Peter W. (1981). The Standard Arthurs. 73082 Camelot Locomotive Society. ISBN 0-9507761-0-6.

External links

• 73082 Camelot Locomotive Society
• Bluebell Railway webpage for Camelot