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LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 4871

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1945· preserved British 4-6-0 locomotive

LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 4871, photo 1 of 10
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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

  • speed 97 km/htop speed
  • built 842made in total

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.

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