EA08 - 054 - British Rail - Photo 8x6 - Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No 44687

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EA08 - 054 - British Rail - Photo 8x6 - Stanier Class 5  4-6-0 No 44687 - at speed near Cheadle Hume 25 Oct 1952

Photographer -  N E Preedy Collection

British Railways built 5MT 4-6-0 No 44687 Built in May 1951 at Horwich Works, No 44687 was the final version of Stanier's Black 5 as British Railways introduced their own version of the 5MT class in April 1951. 'No 44687 and sister locomotive No 44686 were equipped with the Associated Locomotive Engineers version of Caprotti valve gear

British Railways built twenty locomotives of the LMS Stanier Black Five type, fitted with Caprotti valve gear, in 1948; the BR Caprotti Black Fives. These were numbered 44738-57, 44686 and 44687. The Black Fives had been fitted with Walschaerts valve gear as standard. In 1947, as part of an experimental programme by George Ivatt to try to improve the already good design, (4)4767 was built with Stephenson link motion. The Caprotti-fitted Black Fives were part of the same programme.

The London Midland and Scottish Railway 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, of which 842 were built and were numbered 4658-5499 (BR then renumbered 44658-45499). Several members of the class survived to the last day of steam on British Railways in 1968, and eighteen are preserved.

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 in which he experimented 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 not a copy, as the Hall was too wide to run most places in Britain. They shared similar cylinder arrangement (two outside), internal boiler design and size and 6 foot driving wheel diameters.

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 Stanier Jubilee Class, which were painted crimson (and known until April 1935 as the "Red Staniers"). 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. 

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  • Condition: Used
  • Condition: Photographer - N E Preedy Collection
  • Type: Photograph
  • Theme: Railwayana
  • Company/ Era/ Region: British Rail
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Modified Item: No

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