LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 45212 is a preserved British steam locomotive. It was built by Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1935.
Service history It is a LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 locomotive, originally numbered 5212 by the LMS, it had 40000 added to its number under British Railways after nationalisation in 1948. 45212 was one of the last locomotives to be withdrawn from service, surviving until 1968, the last year of steam on British Railways. On 4 August 1968, it hauled the last regular steam powered service on British Railways.
+Shed allocations Location Shed code From Bradford Low Moor 25F November 1935 Fleetwood 24F 29 November 1947 Carnforth 10A 3 October 1964 Speke Junction 8C 13 March 1965 Carnforth 10A 10 July 1965 Carlisle Kingmoor 12A 9 October 1965 Lostock Hall 10D 6 January 1968
Preservation
In August 1968, Ron Ainsworth purchased 45212 directly from British Railways service for use on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, so it never had to be restored from scrapyard condition, and is now owned by the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Between 2000 and 2011, it was overhauled and operated at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
In 2012 an agreement was reached with Ian Riley for a 10 year period where the locomotive would be overhauled to mainline standards, while spending 3 months of the year at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Following the 2016 completion of an overhaul at Riley's workshop in Bury, the engine was mainline certified, and was operated by them on the main line, alongside Black 5s 44871 and 45407.
In 2017, the engine began running on the Jacobite service from Fort William to Mallaig on the West Highland Line.
In 2026, following the expiry of its boiler ticket (necessitating another overhaul), the locomotive was returned to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway pending a decision on its future.
References
External links
Railuk database Preserved locomotive database