LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Stanier Class 5 4-6-0, commonly known as the Black Five, is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives. It was introduced by William Stanier and built between 1934 and 1951. A total of 842 were built initially numbered 4658-5499 then renumbered 44658-45499 by BR. Several members of the class survived to the last day of steam on British Railways in 1968, and eighteen are preserved.

LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0
No. 44949 at Manchester Victoria in 1968.
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer William Stanier Builder LMS Crewe Works (241) LMS Derby Works (54) LMS Horwich Works (120) Vulcan Foundry (100) Armstrong Whitworth (327) Serial number AW: 1166–1265, 1280–1506 VF: 4565–4614, 4618–4667 Build date 1934–1951 Total produced 842
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-6-0  • UIC 2′C h2 Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Leading dia. 3 ft 3+1⁄2 in (1.003 m) Driver dia. 6 ft 0 in (1.829 m) Length 63 ft 7+3⁄4 in (19.40 m) or 63 ft 11+3⁄4 in (19.50 m) Loco weight 72.1 long tons (73.3 t; 80.8 short tons) to 75 long tons (76 t; 84 short tons) Tender weight 53.7 long tons (60.1 short tons; 54.6 t) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 9 long tons (9.1 t; 10 short tons) Water cap. 4,000 imp gal (18,000 L; 4,800 US gal) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 27+3⁄4 or 28+1⁄2 sq ft (2.58 or 2.65 m2) or 28.5 sq ft (2.65 m2) Boiler LMS type 3B Boiler pressure 225 lbf/in2 (1.55 MPa) superheated Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 156 or 171 sq ft (14.5 or 15.9 m2)  • Tubes and flues 1,426 to 1,479 sq ft (132.5 to 137.4 m2) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 228 to 365 sq ft (21.2 to 33.9 m2) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 18+1⁄2 in × 28 in (470 mm × 711 mm) Valve gear Most Walschaerts; Several fitted with Caprotti; one fitted with outside Stephenson
Performance figures Tractive effort 25,455 lbf (113.23 kN)
Career Operators LMS, BR Power class LMS: 5P5F BR: 5MT Axle load class BR: Route Availability 7 Withdrawn 1961–1968 Disposition 18 preserved, remainder scrapped

Origins

The Black Five was a mixed-traffic locomotive, a "do-anything go-anywhere" type, designed by Stanier, who had previously been with the GWR. In his early LMS days, he designed his Stanier Mogul 2-6-0, experimenting with the GWR school of thought on locomotive design. A number of details in this design he would never use again, realising the superiority of details not used on the GWR. Stanier realised that there was a need for larger locomotives. These were to be the LMS version of the GWR Halls, but they were not copies, as the Hall was too wide to run in most places in Britain. They shared a similar cylinder arrangement (two outside), internal boiler design and size and 6 foot driving wheel diameters.^[1]

In their early days the locomotives were known as the "Black Staniers" from their black livery, in contrast to Stanier's other class of 4-6-0, the LMS Jubilee Class, which were painted crimson (and known until April 1935 as the "Red Staniers").^[2][3] Later on, the nickname of the former became "Black Five", the number referring to the power classification. This was originally 5P5F, but from 1940 was shown on cabsides as the simple figure 5. Eight hundred and forty-two were constructed.^[4] The locomotives were an instant success and were well-liked by their crews for their versatility.^[5][6] One of them was recorded to have reached a speed of 96 mph in service.^[7][8][9]

Construction

There were a number of detail variations in the locomotives and they did not all remain in the same condition as built. Some locomotives built under British Railways administration were used as test beds for various design modifications, with a view to incorporating the successful modifications in the Standard Classes of locomotives built from 1951 onwards. These modifications included outside Caprotti valve gear, roller bearings (both Timken and Skefco types) on the coupled and tender axles in varying combinations, and an experimental steel firebox. Other locomotives had modified draughting to "self clean" the smokebox (thereby reducing turn-around and disposal times and eliminating or mitigating one of the most unpopular jobs).^[10]

The domeless engines

45073 at Rose Grove shed, spring 1968. Although it has a domeless boiler, the casing over the top feed is often mistaken for a dome

Numbering started from 5000, with the first twenty being ordered from Crewe Works in April 1934, and a further fifty (5020–5069) ordered from the Vulcan Foundry in 1933.^[11] The first of the Vulcan Foundry engines entered service in 1934, and the entire order of 50 was delivered before the first Crewe-built engine, No. 5000, was completed in February 1935.^[12] The first 57 locomotives were built with domeless boilers with straight throatplates and a low degree of superheat (14 elements in two rows), the boilers of the remaining 13 (5007–5019) were provided with a three-row version (21 elements)^[13] having greater total surface area and giving less obstruction to gas flow.^[12] The original 57 boilers were converted later to higher superheat (24 elements) and fitted with a dome. Further orders were placed with Crewe (5070–5074), Vulcan Foundry (5075–5124) and Armstrong Whitworth (5125–5224) for a total of 155 locomotives which were also built with domeless boilers with straight throatplates and 21 element superheaters. All these boilers, including the early converted ones with a dome, were fitted indiscriminately to any of the first 225 engines, which could appear at various times with domed or domeless boilers.

However, many of the early frames were converted to accept sloping throatplate boilers, as listed below. This modification was carried out to provide a stock of spare boilers for the early engines, which would minimise the time spent in works by engines awaiting a fresh boiler. All locomotives from no. 5225 were fitted when new with the sloping throatplate boiler. All extra boilers made had the sloping throatplate arrangement, and only one example of a later engine having been fitted with a straight throatplate boiler is known - no. 45433. Several different patterns of boiler were used on the locomotives, running into double figures. The throatplate design was the most significant, but there were also different numbers of superheater flues, firegrate arrangement, stay material, dome and water feed arrangements, washout plug placement, etc. in various combinations.

The following locomotives were built with straight throatplate boilers, but were later fitted with a sloping throatplate boiler (date in brackets). Conversion was done by relocating the frame stretcher immediately in front of the firebox. Some of them reverted to straight throatplate at a later date, and these are also shown where known. Those marked with an asterisk were fitted with a boiler which had the top feed on the front ring on the date shown. In the case of no. 45087 it had previously been converted. The first conversion was carried out on no. 5022, and the last known was on no. 45163, which has been preserved.

5002 (12/37), 45007 (1/60), 45008 (1/60*), 45011 (1/49*+), 5020 (2/37), 5022 (10/36) reverted (10/58), 5023 (2/38) reverted (3/53), 5026 (2/37) reverted (1/59), 5027 (12/36), 5040 (11/36), 5045 (11/54), 5047 (1/37), 45049 (7/54) reverted (8/59), 5054 (1/37), 5057 (11/37), 5058 (11/37), 5059 (7/45), 45066 (4/60), 45082 (12/56*), 45087 (9/55) (12/60*), 5097 (1/37), 5108 (6/45), 45109 (5/48), 5142 (12/37), 45151 (3/51), 45163 (5/61), 45169 (7/55), 45197 (5/60)

The pre-war domed engines

A further 227 were ordered from Armstrong-Whitworth in 1936, the largest single locomotive order ever given by a British railway to an outside contractor. Crewe built a further 20, which had higher degree superheat boilers, with 28 elements, unlike the AW boilers, which had 24 elements.

5471, built at Crewe in 1938, would be the last built for five years. During the early stages of the Second World War, the priority was for heavy freight engines, and the closely related 8Fs were produced in large numbers.

Wartime and postwar domed engines

In 1943 construction was restarted, with Derby Works building its first. Construction continued up to no. 5499. As the numbering block from 5500 was allocated to the Patriot Class, a further batch of 200 locomotives were numbered from 4800 to 4999, followed by a batch from 4658 to 4799. By this time the LMS had been nationalised, and British Railways added 40000 to all numbers. Eventually the 842 examples would number 44658–45499.

Ivatt engines and experimental modifications

From early 1947, engines were built with the top feed on the front ring of the boiler (from no. 4998), and Nos 44758-767 had a longer wheelbase (27 ft 6in rather than 27 ft 2in, with the change in the coupled wheelbase from 7 ft + 8 ft to 7 ft + 8 ft 3in); this was necessary in order to accommodate the Timken roller-bearing housings without fouling the ashpan.^[14] In 1948, George Ivatt introduced more modifications to bearings and valve gear; other experimental Ivatt features included the use of steel rather than copper fireboxes on certain engines, and the fitting of double blastpipes & chimneys in some instances. 44738-57 were built with Caprotti valve gear. The last two, nos. 44686 and 44687 built at Horwich in 1951, were fitted with a new arrangement of Caprotti valve gear, which was later used on some of the BR standard Class fives, and the BR class 8 4-6-2.

No. 4767, built at Crewe and delivered in December 1947, had outside Stephenson valve gear: instead of eccentrics, double return cranks were used to drive the eccentric rods, and a launch-type expansion link was used. This one cost £13,278, which was about £600 more than those built at the same time with Walschaerts' valve gear. The aim of the experiment was to find out if a valve gear having variable lead (as opposed to the constant lead of the Walschaerts' motion) would affect performance. On trial, it proved to have no advantage, although in normal service it did gain a reputation as a good performer on banks.^{[15][16][17][18][19]}

Accidents and incidents

• On 13 October 1939, No. 5025 was hauling an express passenger train from Euston to Stranraer (pilot to locomotive 6130 The West Yorkshire Regiment, an LMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0) when it was in collision with locomotive LNWR Class G1 0-8-0 9169, which was attaching a van to the rear of an Inverness train at Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, severely damaging it. Five people were killed and more than 30 were injured.^[20] No. 5025 was repaired and survives at the Strathspey Railway.
• In 1941, locomotive No. 5425 was severely damaged in a Luftwaffe air raid. It was subsequently repaired at Crewe Works.^[21]
• On 1 January 1946, engine No. 5495 was involved in the Lichfield rail crash, in which the freight train it was hauling was derailed at Lichfield Trent Valley station, Staffordshire due to faulty points. The train collided with a passenger train, which was hauled by LNWR Prince of Wales Class 4-6-0 no. 25802, killing 20 people and injuring 21.^[22]
• On 23 January 1955, locomotive No. 45274 was hauling an express passenger train that was derailed due to excessive speed on a curve, in the Sutton Coldfield rail crash. Nineteen people were killed and 64 were injured.^[23]
• On 16 January 1958, a locomotive of the class was hauling a passenger train that collided with a light engine that was standing foul of the line at Preston due to a signalman's error. Both trains were derailed; thirteen people were injured.^[24]
• On 4 February 2006, locomotive 45305 Alderman A. E. Draper collided with a rake of six carriages at Loughborough Central, damaging the locomotive and one of the carriages. Two people were injured. An investigation by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) found that the driver was not wearing spectacles at the time of the accident, despite it being a requirement on his medical certificate to do so when driving.^[25]
• On 2 October 2015, locomotive No. 45231 was working a private charter train for West Coast Railways (WCRC) through Doncaster when it was noticed that its TPWS (Train Protection and Warning System) had been isolated by the footplate crew. Isolation of the TPWS had been a factor in the Wootton Bassett SPAD incident in March of the same year. As a result, WCRC were suspended from operating on the national network by the Office of Rail and Road.^[26]

Construction details

LMS No.	BR No.	Lot No.	Date	Built at	Boiler type	Valve gear (Walschaerts unless stated)	Bearings (plain unless stated)	Additional notes
	44658–67	199	1949	Crewe	Forward topfeed			Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44668/9	199	1949	Horwich	Forward topfeed		Skefco roller bearings on driving axles	Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44670–7	199	1950	Horwich	Forward topfeed		Skefco roller bearings on driving axles	Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44678–85	199	1950	Horwich	Forward topfeed		Skefco roller bearings throughout	Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44686/7	199	1951	Horwich	Forward topfeed	British Caprotti	Skefco roller bearings throughout	Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44688–97	199	1950	Horwich	Forward topfeed		Timken roller bearings on driving axles	Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44698–717	192	1948	Horwich	Forward topfeed			Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44718–27	192	1948	Crewe	Forward topfeed			Steel firebox, Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44728–37	192	1948	Crewe	Forward topfeed			Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44738–47	187	1948	Crewe	Forward topfeed	Caprotti	Timken roller bearings throughout	Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
4748–53	44748–53	187	1948	Crewe	Forward topfeed	Caprotti	Timken roller bearings throughout	Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44754–5	187	1948	Crewe	Forward topfeed	Caprotti		Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44756–7	187	1948	Crewe	Forward topfeed	Caprotti		double chimney, Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
4758–66	44758–66	187	1947	Crewe	Forward topfeed		Timken roller bearings throughout	Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
4767	44767	187	1947	Crewe	Forward topfeed	Stephenson link motion	Timken roller bearings throughout	double chimney, preserved - Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
4768–82	44768–82	187	1947	Crewe	Forward topfeed
4783–99	44783–99	187	1947	Horwich	Forward topfeed
4800–6	44800–6	153	1944	Derby	Domed
4807–25	44807–25	170	1944	Derby	Domed
4826–60	44826–60	170	1945	Derby	Domed
4861–71	44861–71	170	1945	Crewe	Domed
4872–920	44872–920	174	1945	Crewe	Domed
4921–31	44921–31	174	1945	Crewe	Domed
4932–43	44932–43	174	1945	Horwich	Domed
4944–66	44944–66	174	1946	Horwich	Domed
4967–81	44967–81	174	1946	Crewe	Domed
4982–90	44982–90	183	1946	Horwich	Domed
4991–6	44991–6	183	1947	Horwich	Domed
4997–9	44997–9	187	1947	Horwich	Forward topfeed			4997 was fitted with boiler 12462 from new which had the top feed on the 2nd ring, the other two had later pattern boilers.
5000–19	45000–19	114	1935	Crewe	Domeless
5020–65	45020–65	119	1934	Vulcan Foundry	Domeless
5066–9	45066–9	119	1935	Vulcan Foundry	Domeless
5070–4	45070–4	122	1935	Crewe	Domeless
5075–5124	45075–5124	123	1935	Vulcan Foundry	Domeless
5125–5224	45125–5224	124	1935	Armstrong Whitworth	Domeless
5225–98	45225–98	131	1936	Armstrong Whitworth	Domed
5299–5451	45299–5451	131	1937	Armstrong Whitworth	Domed
5452–71	45452–71	142	1938	Crewe	Domed
5472–81	45472–81	151	1943	Derby	Domed
5482–91	45482–91	152	1944	Derby	Domed
5492–9	45492–9	153	1944	Derby	Domed

Names

A named LMS Black 5 No. 45154 Lanarkshire Yeomanry in 1960.

Only five Black Fives received names during their mainline working lives, a small percentage of the total produced,^[27] although seven more have been named in preservation (see below). All of those named in mainline service were named after Scottish regiments. Locomotive 5155 carried the name The Queen's Edinburgh for only two years during the Second World War. Some sources have noted that no photographic confirmation of this naming is extant,^[28] although this is neither unique to the class, nor unexpected given restrictions on photography during wartime. The evidence for the naming of the locomotive is set out in full in various sources.^[29]

Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 names^[30]

LMS No.	BR No.	Name	Date named	Name removed
5154	45154	Lanarkshire Yeomanry	1937	1966 (withdrawal from service)
5155	45155	The Queen's Edinburgh	1942	1944 (remained in service until 1964)
5156	45156	Ayrshire Yeomanry	1936	1968 (withdrawal from service)
5157	45157	The Glasgow Highlander	1936	1962 (withdrawal from service)
5158	45158	Glasgow Yeomanry	1936	1964 (withdrawal from service)

Withdrawal

The class remained intact until 1961 when 45401 was the first Black Five to be withdrawn from stock following a collision at Warrington, although the boiler was re-used and actually lasted to the end of steam on BR. The remainder of the class were withdrawn between 1962 and 1968. Some members of the class, 46 in total, survived to the last day of steam on BR in August 1968.^[31] No. 45318, a Lostock Hall based engine, hauled the last scheduled train on 3 August 1968; a Preston to Liverpool exchange. The locomotive was withdrawn a few days later and then scrapped the following year at Drapers.^[32][33]

Table of withdrawals

Year	Quantity in service at start of year	Quantity withdrawn	Locomotive numbers	Notes
1961	842	1	45401.
1962	841	21	45030/36/85–86/98, 45119/25/51–52/57/59/65/69/74/79, 45265–66, 45355, 45452–53/58.
1963	820	29	44706/40/44/47/50/55, 44885, 44969, 45010/22–23/49/87/99, 45100/23/66/75/89/99, 45244/51, 45315/17/20/58/67, 45457/85.
1964	791	67	44660/76, 44701/19/38/42/45–46/48–49/51–52/54/56/83–85/89/93, 44801/49, 44922–23/57/61/67–68/76/94/96, 45007–08/32/35/66/88, 45103/21–22/36/44/53/55/58/70/72–73/83, 45356/61/66/84, 45400/13/56/59/62/65/68/70/76/79.
1965	724	97	44673/86, 44702/16/21/39/41/53/57/63–64/69/87/99, 44823/27, 44901/04/21/24/31/39/55/59/70/73/79–80, 45002/09/11/20/26/37/68/74/77–78/80/84/92/94, 45102/08/13/17/42–43/46/48/63/71/78/80/84/92/94, 45229–30/37/45/57/72/86/91/93, 45300–01/06/13–14/27/34–35/37/51/54/60/62/78–80/87/89/98, 45414/16/29/39/43/60/71/86/91/98.	44901, 45163, 45293, 45337/79, 45491 preserved
1966	627	171	44668/70/87–88/92/98, 44700/03–05/07/10/12/14/18/20/23–24/26/29/31/43/60/62/79/82/86/88/91/97–98, 44808/10–11/13/20/39/41/47/50/69/80–81, 44908/19/25/35/41/45/51–54/56/60/66/72/74/77/84/87/92/95/99, 45004/12/16/18/29/33/44–45/47/51/53/58/63/82/84/91/97, 45105/12/15/18/27–29/37–38/40/54/60–62/64/68/76–77/81–82/85/95, 45205/07/10/13–14/16–18/20/23–24/33/35/38/48–49/52/89, 45309/11/22/25/29/32–33/38/44/48/57/64–65/70/72/85/93/96/99, 45403/08/10/18–19/22/27/30/32–34/38/42/51/61/63–64/67/69/72–75/77–78/80/83/88–90/92.
1967	456	305	44658–59/61–62/66–67/69/71/74–75/77–82/84–85/89/91/93–97/99, 44717/22/25/27/30/32–34/36–37/59/65–68/70–76/78/90/92/94–96, 44805/12/14/17/19/21–22/24–26/28/30–35/37/40/43–44/52–54/56–63/65–67/70/72–73/75–76/79/82–83/86–87/92–93/95–96/98, 44900/02/05/07/09/11–18/20/27–28/30/33–34/36–38/43–44/46/48/58/62/64/81–83/85–86/88–91/93/97–98, 45000/03/06/14–15/19/21/24/28/31/39–43/48/50/52/56–57/59–62/64/67/69–72/75/79–80/83/89/92/94, 45106–07/09/11/16/20/24/26/30/32/35/39/41/45/47/67/86/88/91/93/96–98, 45204/08/11/15/19/21–22/25–26/28/32/34/36/39–43/46–47/50/56/59/61/63–64/67/70–71/73–78/80–81/83/85/88/92/95/97–99, 45302–04/07–08/19/21/23–24/26/28/31/36/39–41/43/46–47/49/52/59/63/68–69/71/73–74/77/83, 45402/04–06/09/12/15/17/23/25/28/31/37/40–41/46/48–50/54–55/66/81/94–95.	44767, 45000/428 preserved
1968	151	151	44663–65/72/83/90, 44708–09/11/13/15/28/35/58/61/77/80–81, 44800/02–04/06–07/09/15–16/18/29/36/38/42/45–46/48/51/55/64/68/71/74/77–78/84/88–91/94/97/99, 44903/06/10/26/29/32/40/42/47/49–50/63/65/71, 45001/05/13/17/25/27/34/38/46/54–55/65/73/76/95–96, 45101/04/10/14/31/33–134/49–50/56/87/90, 45200–03/06/09/12/27/31/53–55/58/60/62/68–69/79/82/84/87/90/94/96, 45305/10/12/16/18/30/42/45/50/53/75–76/81–82/86/88/90–92/94–95/97, 45407/11/20–21/24/26/35–36/44–45/47/93.	44806/71/932, 45025/110, 45212/31, 45305, 45407 preserved

Preservation

Eighteen Black Fives have been preserved, with twelve of them being purchased directly from BR for preservation (these being 44767, 44806, 44871, 44932, 45000, 45025, 45110, 45212, 45231, 45305, 45407 & 45428), the remaining six being rescued from Woodham Brothers' Barry Scrapyard (these being 44901, 45163, 45293, 45337, 45379 & 45491). Members of each of the builder's batches have survived into preservation: seven LMS-built engines and eleven by outside contractors. Of the eighteen to be preserved, fourteen have operated in preservation, the class members that have not yet run being 44901, 45163, 45293 & 45491. Twelve Black Fives have been operated on the main line in preservation: 44767, 44871, 44932, 45000, 45025, 45110, 45212, 45231, 45305, 45337, 45407 & 45428.

As of December 2023 there are eight Black Fives in traffic, six of which have valid main line certificates. 44871, 44932, 45212, 45231 & 45407 have full main line certificates for use over the national network, while 45428 is certified for main line use only between Grosmont and Whitby with occasional visits to Battersby, both 44806 and 45025 are only able to operate on preserved lines. 44767 & 45337 are in the process of undergoing overhauls while four, 44901, 45163, 45293 and 45491, are undergoing restorations from Barry Scrapyard condition.

No. 44781 was a candidate for preservation, but was scrapped. In 2019, parts were rediscovered in Bartlow and in the National Railway Museum's collection in York.^[34][35][36]

Note: Some locos may usually have a nameplate but marked names indicate that the loco is not presently wearing them. Loco numbers in bold indicate their current number.

Preserved locos

Number	Name†	Builder	Boiler Type	Built	Withdrawn	Home Location	Status	Livery	Dual Braked	Notes
LMS / BR				Service Life
4767 44767	George Stephenson	Crewe Works	Forward Topfeed	Dec 1947	Dec 1967	Carnforth MPD	Undergoing a major overhaul.	BR Lined Black, Late Crest (on completion)	No	This locomotive was the sole member of the class equipped with Stephenson valve gear.
				20 Years, 1 Month
4806 44806		Derby Works	Domed	Jul 1944	Aug 1968	North Yorkshire Moors Railway	Running In [37]	BR Lined Black, Late Crest[38]	No	Formerly named Magpie and later renamed to Kenneth Aldcroft Running in commenced in December 2023 with full return to service planned for 2024.[38] The engine is to also be mainline certified for use on Grosmont to Whitby & Whitby to Battersby trains.[37]
				24 Years, 1 Month
4871 44871		Crewe Works	Domed	Mar 1945	Aug 1968	East Lancashire Railway	Operational and mainline certified.	BR Lined Black, Early Emblem	Yes	Hauled Fifteen Guinea Special in August 1968.[39]
				23 Years, 5 Months
4901 44901		Crewe Works	Domed	Oct 1945	Aug 1965	Vale of Berkeley Railway	Awaiting restoration from ex-Barry condition	N/A	No
				19 Years, 10 Months
4932 44932		Horwich Works	Domed	Sep 1945	Aug 1968	Carnforth MPD	Operational and mainline certified.	BR Lined Black, British Railways Lettering	No	The engine is to be trialed out with the fitment of ETCS (in-cab signalling).[40]
				22 Years, 11 Months
5000 45000		Crewe Works	Domeless	Mar 1935	Oct 1967	Shildon Locomotion Museum	Static Display.	LMS Lined Black	No	Part of the National Collection
				32 Years, 8 Months
5025 45025		Vulcan Foundry	Domeless	Aug 1934	Aug 1968	Strathspey Railway	Operational	LMS Lined Black	No	Oldest surviving member of the class.
				34 Years
5110 45110		Vulcan Foundry	Domeless	Jul 1935	Aug 1968	Carnforth MPD[41]	Stored	BR Lined Black, Late Crest	No	Purchased from Severn Valley Railway by private owner in August 2023.[42] Hauled Fifteen Guinea Special in August 1968,[39] and formerly named RAF Biggin Hill
				33 Years, 1 Month
5163 45163		Armstrong Whitworth	Domed	Aug 1935	May 1965	Colne Valley Railway	Under restoration.	N/A	No
				29 Years, 9 Months
5212 45212		Armstrong Whitworth	Domed	Nov 1935	Aug 1968	Keighley and Worth Valley Railway	Operational and mainline certified.	BR Lined Black, Late Crest	Yes
				32 Years, 9 Months
5231 45231	The Sherwood Forester	Armstrong Whitworth	Domed	Aug 1936	Aug 1968	Crewe Diesel TMD	Operational and mainline certified.	BR Lined Black, Late Crest	Yes
				32 Years
5293 45293		Armstrong Whitworth	Domed	Dec 1937	Aug 1965	Colne Valley Railway	Under restoration.	N/A	No
				27 Years, 8 Months
5305 45305	Alderman A. E. Draper	Armstrong Whitworth	Domed	Jan 1937	Aug 1968	Great Central Railway	Under overhaul	TBC	No
				31 Years, 7 Months
5337 45337		Armstrong Whitworth	Domed	Apr 1937	Feb 1965	East Lancashire Railway	Under overhaul	LMS Lined Black (on completion)[43]	No
				27 Years, 10 Months
5379 45379		Armstrong Whitworth	Domed	Jul 1937	Jul 1965	Mid-Hants Railway	Stored	BR Lined Black, Late Crest	No	Boiler ticket expired in early September 2018
				28 Years 1 Month
5407 45407	The Lancashire Fusilier	Armstrong Whitworth	Domed	Sep 1937	Aug 1968	East Lancashire Railway	Operational and Mainline Certified	BR Lined Black, Early Emblem	Yes	Owned by Ian Riley.[44]
				30 Years, 11 Months
5428 45428	Eric Treacy	Armstrong Whitworth	Domed	Oct 1937	Oct 1967	North Yorkshire Moors Railway	Operational and mainline certified.	LMS Lined Black	No
				30 Years
5491 45491		Derby Works	Forward Topfeed	Dec 1943	Jul 1965	Great Central Railway	Under restoration	N/A	No	Only surviving example having a boiler with top feed on the front ring in conjunction with Walschaerts valve gear.
				21 Years, 7 Months

† In all cases names are historically inaccurate, i.e. they have all been applied since preservation. Some engines might still have their names but where marked indicates that they currently do not carry them. Either for authenticity or other reasons like the engine is running in another identity.

• 44767 carries a plaque on the splasher beneath the nameplate that reads 'This locomotive was named by the Rt. Hon. William Whitelaw, C.H., M.C., M.P. at Shildon on 25 August 1975, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.'
• 44806 was named after the TV series "Magpie" in 1973, it continued to wear this name during the time it was based at the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway and when it relocated to the Llangollen Railway until it was withdrawn for overhaul in 2003. After emerging from its last overhaul in 2007 it ran without the nameplates but was later named after its former owner "Kenneth Aldcroft". It is now based at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and has since had its nameplates removed.

Sound

• 45212 passing Green End

In fiction

In The Railway Series children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry and its television adaption Thomas and Friends, the character Henry the Green Engine, who was formerly based on flawed LNER Gresley A1 prototype designs, was rebuilt into a Black Five at Crewe Works after crashing into a goods train while pulling the Flying Kipper (a nightly fish train from Tidmouth, Sodor to Manchester) in 1935.^[45]

In artwork

A Black 5 locomotive appears in the 1938 René Magritte painting Time Transfixed.^[46][47]

See also

• BR Standard Class 5

Further reading

• David Hunt, Bob Essery and Fred James with David Jennison and David Clarke LMS Locomotive Profiles (three volumes, three pictorial supplements):
  • No. 5 The mixed traffic class 5s. Part 1. Nos. 5000–5224. (+ pictorial supplement)
  • No. 6 The mixed traffic class 5s. Part 2. Walschaerts and Stephenson valve gear engines from the 5225–5499 and 4658–4999 series. (+ pictorial supplement)
  • No. 7 Mixed traffic class 5s: Caprotti valve gear engines and class summary (+ pictorial supplement)
• J.S. Whiteley, Gavin Morrison The Power of the Black Fives

References

1. Langston, Keith (2018). Stanier: Black Five Locomotives (Locomotive Portfolios). Pen and Sword Transport. ISBN 978-1-5267-1906-5. OCLC 1048105854.
2. Jenkinson, David (1967). Locomotive Liveries of the LMS. Roundhouse Books.
3. "Black five 45337". Black 5 Locomotive. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
4. Rowledge & Reed 1984, pp. 49, 23.
5. "Review: Jubilees & Black 5's: Locomotive Performance". locoperformance.tripod.com. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
6. Clay, John F. (1972). The Stanier Black Fives. Littlehampton Book Services Ltd. ISBN 0711002746.
7. Jennings, Toby (21 April 2017). "96mph WITH A 'BLACK FIVE'?". PressReader. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
8. "LMS 4-6-0 Locomotives in Great_Britain". www.steamlocomotive.com. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
9. "5MT 44658 – 45499 4-6-0 LMS Stanier Black Five". Preserved British Steam Locomotives. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
10. Powell, A. J. (1991). Stanier Locomotive Classes. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1962-2. OCLC 24909852.
11. Rowledge & Reed 1984, p. 48.
12. Rowledge & Reed 1984, p. 50.
13. Cook 1999, p. 147.
14. Haresnape 1970.
15. Rowledge & Reed 1984, pp. 62–63.
16. Nock 1989, pp. 256–7.
17. Hunt et al. 2004, pp. 39–43, 85.
18. Jennison et al. 2004, pp. 28–29, 31.
19. Jennison 2015, pp. 13, 92–94.
20. Mount, A.H.L. (20 December 1939). Report on the Accident at Bletchley on 13th October 1939 (Report). Ministry of Transport. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via The Railways Archive.
21. Trevena 1981, p. 29.
22. Gerard & Hamilton 1981, pp. 66–69.
23. Earnshaw 1993, p. 28.
24. Langley, C.A. (18 April 1958). Report on the Accident which occurred on 16th January 1958 at Preston in the London Midland Region British Railways (Report). Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. Retrieved 2 April 2017 – via The Railways Archive.
25. "The collision of a locomotive with carriages at Great Central Railway's Loughborough Central station, 4 February 2006" (PDF). Rail Accidents Investigation Branch. July 2006. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
26. "ORR Issues Prohibition Notice On WCR". Railway Herald. 24 November 2015.
27. See details and commentary at Heritage Railway Magazine on-line Archived 17 May 2014 at archive.today.
28. See, for example, David Hunt, Bob Essery and Fred James with David Jennison and David Clarke, LMS Locomotive Profiles (three volumes, with pictorial supplements).^{[full citation needed]}
29. Rowledge & Reed 1984, p. 74, for example.
30. Rowledge 1975, p. 11.
31. "5MT 44658 – 45499 4-6-0 LMS Stanier Black Five". Preserved British Steam Locomotives. WordPress.com. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
32. "FROM BLACK FIVE TO STANDARD FIVE". RAILSPOT RELOADED. GLOUCESTERSHIRE TRANSPORT HISTORY. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
33. "5MT 44658 – 45499 4-6-0 LMS Stanier Black Five". Preserved British Steam Locomotives. WordPress.com. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
34. "A PIECE OF 44781 IS IN THE NATIONAL COLLECTION". 13 December 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2022 – via PressReader.
35. "44781: THE LOST TREASURE". 15 November 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2022 – via PressReader.
36. "Lost 1968 'Black 5' parts found". 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2022 – via PressReader.
37. "44806 commences running in". Steam Railway. No. 553. December 2023. p. 39.
38. "44806 due back shortly". Steam Railway. No. 551. November 2023. p. 39.
39. https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/680811ce.html 1T57 tour in 1968
40. "44932 and 60163 being fitted as part of Pathfinder project". Steam Railway. No. 538. November 2022. p. 40.
41. SVR Sells Black Five for Better Future Trackside issue 27 October 2023 page 14
42. Holden, Michael (16 August 2023). "Severn Valley Railway confirms sale of steam locomotive". Retrieved 16 August 2023.
43. "45337 to be outshopped in LMS Lined Black". Steam Railway. No. 552. December 2023. p. 39.
44. "Our Locomotives". Riley and Son (E) LTD. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
45. Awdry & Awdry 1987, p. 129.
46. "René Magritte – Three Favourites". Cedric Suggests. Aube Creative Web Design. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
47. "Time Transfixed". René Magritte. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

External links

• Black Five classmember details

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