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LMS 5212
45212 Running round its train at Oxenhope.
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerWilliam Stanier
BuilderArmstrong Whitworth
Serial number1253
Build dateNovember 1935
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4-6-0
Gauge4 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)
Length63 ft 7+3⁄4 in (19.40 m)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity9 long tons (9.1 t; 10.1 short tons)
Water cap.4,000 imp gal (18,000 L; 4,800 US gal)
Firebox:​
 • Grate area28+1⁄2 sq ft (2.65 m)
BoilerLMS type 3C
Boiler pressure225 lbf/in (1.55 MPa)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size18+1⁄2 in × 28 in (470 mm × 711 mm)
Valve gearWalschaerts
Valve typePiston valves
Loco brakeVacuum
Safety systemsAWS, TPWS, OTMR, GSMR
Performance figures
Maximum speed25mph - (heritage railways) 45mph - (mainline, tender first) 60mph - (mainline, chimney first)
Tractive effort25,455 lbf (113.23 kN)
Career
Operators
Power class
  • LMS: 5P5F
  • BR: 5MT
Axle load classBR: Route Availability 7
Withdrawn3 August 1968
Current ownerKWVR (On loan to Ian Riley)
DispositionOperational, Mainline Certified

LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 45212 is a preserved British steam locomotive. It was built by Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1935.

Service history

It is a LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 locomotive, originally numbered 5212 by the LMS, it had 40000 added to its number under British Railways after nationalisation in 1948. 45212 was one of the last locomotives to be withdrawn from service, surviving until 1968, the last year of steam on British Railways.

Shed allocations
Location Shed code From
Bradford Low Moor 25F November 1935
Fleetwood 24F 29 November 1947
Carnforth 10A 3 October 1964
Speke Junction 8C 13 March 1965
Carnforth 10A 10 July 1965
Carlisle Kingmoor 12A 9 October 1965
Lostock Hall 10D 6 January 1968

Preservation

A steam train approaching the camera and emitting smoke while crossing a raised, arched bridge.
No. 45212 crossing the Glenfinnan viaduct as part of the Jacobite service, 2024.

In August 1968, Ron Ainsworth purchased 45212 directly from British Railways service for use on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, so it never had to be restored from scrapyard condition, and is now owned by the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Between 2000 and 2011, it was overhauled and operated at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, but was not able to run trains into Whitby or Battersby as it was not mainline certified.

In 2012 an agreement was reached with Ian Riley for a 10 year period where the locomotive would be overhauled to mainline standards, while spending 3 months of the year at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Following the 2016 completion of an overhaul at Riley's workshop in Bury, the engine is now mainline certified, and is operated by them on the main line, alongside Black 5s 44871 and 45407.

In 2017, the engine began running the Jacobite service from Fort William to Mallaig on the West Highland Line.

References

  1. ^ "45212 LMS Class 5MT 'Black 5' 4-6-0". Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. 19 June 2022.
  2. "Our Locomotives". Riley & Son.
  3. "Jacobite Steam Engine". Retrieved 25 August 2024.

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