Anthony Coulls takes you on a tour of William Stanier’s ‘go-anywhere, do-anything’ mixed-traffic masterpiece, the London Midland and Scottish Railway's Black Five.
With 842 LMS Stanier Class 5 steam engines built and operating from the North of Scotland to the South of England, these stalwarts of steam were seen up and down the UK network from the 1930s until August 1968, when they hauled the very last steam services on British Railways.
This episode was filmed at Locomotion in Shildon. To find out more about Locomotion, visit https://www.locomotion.org.uk/
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:23 Stanier and the formation of the LMS
2:11 Where it all begins
2:57 Headcodes
4:10 Front end and smokebox
4:28 Similarities with the Great Western Hall (4900 Class)
6:21 Ease of repair
7:10 Top speed
7:26 Exterior fittings
8:33 Inside the cab
9:18 Getting it moving
11:19 Vacuum brakes
12:10 Other fittings
13:34 In the firebox
17:27 Firing and maintenance
18:15 Legacy
19:26 Outro
Back Five Photo by Barry Lewis (1:56)
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