Sir William Stanier’s two cylinder Class 5s were renowned for their versatile ‘go anywhere, do anything’ nature, making them the perfect locomotive for all regions on British Railways and also model railways.
Eight hundred and forty two of Sir William Stanier's LMS Black 5s were built between the years of 1935 and 1945, beginning life in LMS livery and finishing in plain BR black with 18 locomotives in preservation today.
Our model will cover the long firebox version from the batch of 227 locomotives built by Armstrong Whitworth in 1936/7. This was the biggest single order of Black 5 locomotives ordered by the LMS and was arguably the most uniform and successful of all the batches. Seven of these were preserved including no. 5428 ‘Eric Treacy’, which can be found running on the North York Moors Railway, no. 45231 ‘The Sherwood Forester’ owned and operated by Locomotive Services Limited and currently used on the mainline, and no. 45407 ‘The Lancashire Fusilier’ owned and operated by West Coast Railways and used on the mainline.
The Black 5 is one of the most successful UK locomotives and has been more than proven by the 842 strong class, with eighteen preserved and six used on mainline railtours over the past 10 years. The high reliability and ease of maintenance of the class has been an important factor for mainline Steam operators as well as the LMS and British Railways.
Sir William Stanier’s two cylinder Class 5s were renowned for their versatile ‘go anywhere, do anything’ nature, making them the perfect locomotive for all regions on British Railways and also model railways.
Eight hundred and forty two of Sir William Stanier's LMS Black 5s were built between the years of 1935 and 1945, beginning life in LMS livery and finishing in plain BR black with 18 locomotives in preservation today.
Our model will cover the long firebox version from the batch of 227 locomotives built by Armstrong Whitworth in 1936/7. This was the biggest single order of Black 5 locomotives ordered by the LMS and was arguably the most uniform and successful of all the batches. Seven of these were preserved including no. 5428 ‘Eric Treacy’, which can be found running on the North York Moors Railway, no. 45231 ‘The Sherwood Forester’ owned and operated by Locomotive Services Limited and currently used on the mainline, and no. 45407 ‘The Lancashire Fusilier’ owned and operated by West Coast Railways and used on the mainline.
The Black 5 is one of the most successful UK locomotives and has been more than proven by the 842 strong class, with eighteen preserved and six used on mainline railtours over the past 10 years. The high reliability and ease of maintenance of the class has been an important factor for mainline Steam operators as well as the LMS and British Railways.
