#2795
LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 4871
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1945· preserved British 4-6-0 locomotive
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LMS Stanier Class "5MT" 4-6-0 No.44871 - 29372786862: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. LMS Class 5 No 44871 (8063195430): Peter Broster· CC BY 2.0
- 3. LMS Class 5 No 44871 (8063196119): Peter Broster· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Stanier Class 5MT 4-6-0 ‘Black Five’ No 44871 - 45433020155: HawkeyeUK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Stanier Class 5MT 4-6-0 ‘Black Five’ No 44871: HawkeyeUK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Class 5s at Chichester: Peter G Trimming· CC BY 2.0
- 7. Class 5s at Clapham Junction: Peter G Trimming· CC BY 2.0
- 8. LMS Class 5MT 4-6-0 44871, Bury Bolton Street, ELR, September 2010 008 (9884790655): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
- 9. LMS Class 5MT 4-6-0 44871, Bury Bolton Street, ELR, September 2010 009 (9884793706): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
- 10. LMS Class 5MT 4-6-0 44871, Bury Bolton Street, ELR, September 2010 021 (9884896553): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 44871 is a preserved British steam locomotive. It was built at Crewe Works in 1945.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 81 years ago, in 1945.
- 19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 23 years (1945–1968).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1945
- in service from
- 1945
- retired
- 1968
- status
- in service
- number built
- 842
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Crewe Works
- designer
- William Stanier
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 19.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q42847656, Wikipedia: LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 4871 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.
