Below are the names and numbers of the steam locomotives that comprised the BR Standard Class 7, or 'Britannia' Class that ran on the British Railways network. They represented an attempt to standardise steam design for ease of maintenance and usage. Celebrating key British historical figures, the class name was based upon a suggestion by Bishop Eric Treacy.
Fleet list BR No.NameBuilderWhen builtWithdrawnNotes 70000 Britannia Crewe Preserved. Owned by the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust. Operated by Locomotive Services Ltd. 70001 Lord Hurcomb Crewe 70002 Geoffrey Chaucer Crewe 70003 John Bunyan Crewe 70004 William Shakespeare Crewe Delivered 29 March 1951. Received special finish for static display at Festival of Britain exhibition at South Bank, London, from 4 May until 30 September of that year. 70005 John Milton Crewe 70006 Robert Burns Crewe 70007 Coeur-de-Lion Crewe First of the Class to be withdrawn. Taken out of service from Crewe Works on 19th June 1965 with cracked frames. 70008 Black Prince Crewe 70009 Alfred the Great Crewe 70010 Owen Glendower Crewe After its original nameplates were stolen, replacement Welsh plates reading Owain Glyndwr were fitted by December 1966. 70011 Hotspur Crewe 70012 John of Gaunt Crewe 70013 Oliver Cromwell Crewe Preserved. National Railway Museum collection. Overhauled on the Great Central Railway. Has seen mainline duty. 70014 Iron Duke Crewe 70015 Apollo Crewe 70016 Ariel Crewe 70017 Arrow Crewe Withdrawn as a result of damage incurred on 30 July 1966 in a collision with a goods train near Carlisle. 70018 Flying Dutchman Crewe 70019 Lightning Crewe 70020 Mercury Crewe 70021 Morning Star Crewe 70022 Tornado Crewe 70023 Venus Crewe 70024 Vulcan Crewe 70025 Western Star Crewe 70026 Polar Star Crewe Involved in Milton rail crash of 1955, which resulted in 11 fatalities. 70027 Rising Star Crewe 70028 Royal Star Crewe 70029 Shooting Star Crewe 70030 William Wordsworth Crewe 70031 Byron Crewe 70032 Tennyson Crewe Also carried Lord Tennyson nameplates 70033 Charles Dickens Crewe 70034 Thomas Hardy Crewe 70035 Rudyard Kipling Crewe 70036 Boadicea Crewe 70037 Hereward the Wake Crewe 70038 Robin Hood Crewe 70039 Sir Christopher Wren Crewe 70040 Clive of India Crewe 70041 Sir John Moore Crewe 70042 Lord Roberts Crewe 70043 Lord Kitchener Crewe Initially equipped with air brakes, and the compressors fitted in place of the smoke deflectors. 70044 Earl Haig Crewe 70045 Lord Rowallan Crewe 70046 Anzac Crewe 70047 — Crewe Never named 70048 The Territorial Army 1908–1958 Crewe Aluminium nameplate 70049 Solway Firth Crewe 70050 Firth of Clyde Crewe 70051 Firth of Forth Crewe 70052 Firth of Tay Crewe Involved in Settle rail crash of 1960, which resulted in 5 fatalities 70053 Moray Firth Crewe 70054 Dornoch Firth Crewe
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