The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Stanier Class 5 2-6-0 or Stanier Mogul is a class of 2-6-0 mixed traffic steam locomotives. Forty were built between October 1933 and March 1934.

Overview Although all built at Crewe Works, they were designed at Horwich Works and were developed from the Horwich Mogul, the LMS Hughes Crab 2-6-0. They had the addition of several features brought over from the Great Western Railway by newly arrived Chief Mechanical Engineer William Stanier, most notably the taper boiler (Stanier would have been familiar with the GWR 4300 Class). In an effort to please Stanier, Horwich had designed a GWR-style top-feed cover and showed him locomotive 13245 with this fitted. However, Stanier disapproved and had it replaced with the normal LMS cover.

Due to a higher boiler pressure than the Crabs the cylinder diameter was smaller and could thus be mounted horizontally, the only Stanier design to do so. Like the Crabs they were connected to a Fowler tender that was narrower than the locomotive. When built, the first ten locomotives had no water pick-up gear fitted.

They were initially numbered 13245–13284 (following on from the Crabs), but as standard locomotives, in the LMS 1933 renumbering scheme they were renumbered 2945–2984 in 1934 (the Crabs becoming 2700–2944). BR added 40000 to their numbers so they became 42945–42984. They were always painted black, and this was lined out except during the austere periods of the 1940s and towards the end of steam.

From the end of 1934 Stanier turned to a larger 4-6-0 for his mixed traffic class, this being the LMS Black Five Class.

Details Pre-1934LMS NumberPost-1934 LMS Number (Later BR number[BR number being LMS number + 40000])Lot No.WorksBuiltNotes13245–572945–57104CreweOctober 1933Original boiler design132602960104Crewe1933Revised boiler design132632963104Crewe1933 13258–592958–59104Crewe1934 13261–622961–62104Crewe1934 13264–842964–84104CreweMarch 1934 13268 preserved

Withdrawal Withdrawals commenced in November 1963 with the last one being withdrawn in February 1967.

+ Table of withdrawals Year Quantity inservice atstart of year Quantitywithdrawn Locomotive numbers 1963 40 4 42949/73/76/84. 1964 36 9 42952/56/62/65–66/69–71/79. 1965 27 11 42946–48/50/58–59/61/64/72/74/82. 1966 16 15 42945/51/53/55/57/60/63/67–68/75/77–78/80–81/83. 1967 1 1 42954.

Preservation

One, 13268/(4)2968, the penultimate member of the class to be withdrawn, has been preserved. This locomotive was acquired from Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales by the Stanier Mogul Fund in December 1973. It was restored on the Severn Valley Railway, first entering service in April 1991 as LMS 2968. It was main line certified in 1996 and was the first locomotive, together with GWR 4300 Class 7325, to work a train over the Lickey Incline in preservation.

After withdrawal for overhaul in 1998, it re-entered service in 2003 in BR lined livery as 42968, which it carried for ten years. Following another overhaul, it re-entered service in late 2023, being repainted in LMS Lined Black as 13268 in April 2024. It is notable that this is the first time that the locomotive has carried its original number in 90 years since it was renumbered to 2968.

On two occasions, firstly between 1994 and 1998, and again between 2010 and 2012, it ran with the tender from Black 5 no. 45110, while its own Fowler-pattern one was undergoing repairs.

In April 2025, it was announced that 13268 was to appear at The Greatest Gathering alongside a pair of the Severn Valley Railway's London Midland and Scottish Railway coaches. Movement of 13268 alongside fellow Severn Valley Railway resident 4930 'Hagley Hall' as well as a pair of Great Western Railway coaches from the Severn Valley Railway to Derby Litchurch Lane Works was done by rail behind a diesel locomotive. The move along the national network was the first time the locomotive had appeared on the mainline since the 1990s and its first with its Fowler tender in preservation.

In August 2026, the Severn Valley Railway announced that it would return to the main line in November 2026 in partnership with Vintage Trains, with an inaugural run between Worcester and Stratford-upon-Avon.

Models Bachmann Branchline has produced a model of the Stanier Mogul including the preserved example.

Initial releases from Bachmann Branchline include the LMS Black Lined version 31-690 in February 2017, BR Black early emblem and BR Black late emblem. Later liveries to follow.

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External links

Stanier Mogul Fund