#2430
LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Derby Works· from 1934· class of 842 British 4-6-0 locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 44949 Manchester Victoria: Phil Sangwell· CC BY 2.0
- 2. 44662 at Leeds City: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Salwick 1 railway station 2059854 7f01ffe1: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. LMS Stanier Class 5MT 44680 (8262248154): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. 44694 & 45209 at Bradford Exchange: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Train pulling away from platform 6 at Chester Station, sometime in 1944. D18525: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer· Public domain
- 7. 45440 & 76079 lead the Pines Express through woodland near Watchet, Somerset: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0
- 8. Lyncombe Vale ?: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0
- 9. Railway Relics montage inc. Locomotive STANIER ‘BLACK 5’- 45163: Frank Duffin of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Borne 1944 Ballymena, N. Ireland. Deceased 2015 Marseillan, France. Worked as a freelance photographer in London from the late 1970s before moving to Dublin · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Trains planes and buses 05: foundin_a_attic· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) 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. A total of 842 were built, initially numbered 4658-5499 then renumbered 44658–45499 by BR. Several members of the class survived to the last day of steam on British Railways in 1968, and eighteen are preserved.
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 92 years ago, in 1934.
- 19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 34 years (1934–1968).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1934–1951
- in service from
- 1934
- retired
- 1968
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 842
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Derby Works, Horwich Works, Vulcan Foundry, Armstrong Whitworth, Crewe Works
- designer
- William Stanier
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- 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 Q6459158, Wikipedia: LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.