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Locomotives in operation
Here is a list of steam locomotives on standard gauge that are in service. The operational status of locomotives varies according to the current situation, which is influenced by e.g. boiler certification, repairs including overhauls, etc.
GWR 2900 CLASS 2999 LADY OF LEGEND
5820 USA TRANS CORP. CLASS S160 2-8-0
9400 0-6-0T GWR Hawksworth
4575 class
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY 812 CLASS NO. 828
ANDREW BARCLAY 0-4-0
BR Standard Class 7
1054 LNWR 0-6-2T 'COAL TANK'
85 TAFF VALE RAILWAY CLASS 02
31806 (SR A806, SR 1806 & BR 31806)
Hunslet Work No 2890
A1X 0-6-0T LBSCR Stroudley Terrier Various
BR STANDARD 4MT
563 (LSWR 563, SR E563 & SR 563)
4500 2-6-2T GWR Churchward (4555)
SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes
HAWTHORN LESLIE 0-6-0 SADDLE TANK
60007 “Sir Nigel Gresley”
5700 0-6-0T GWR COLLETT (4612)
32424 BEACHY HEAD
52044 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY CL. 25 'IRONCLAD'
LMS 5XP 'JUBILEE' CLASS
Hawksworth Modified Hall
Castle class
2MT 41200 – 41329 2-6-2T LMS Ivatt
2MT 78000 – 78064 2-6-0 BR Standard Class 2
BRITISH RAILWAY STANDARD CLASS 4MT
W G Bagnall Works No 2994 Vulcan No 401 0-6-0ST
5MT 44658 – 45499 4-6-0 LMS Stanier Black Five
Peckett & Sons Works No 1788 Kilmersdon 0-4-0ST
9F 92000 – 92250 2-10-0 BR Standard Class 9
Kitson Works No 4263 29 Lambton Colliery 0-6-2T
Great Western Railway 2-8-0T No. 5239 'Goliath'
Hudswell Clarke Works No 1731 No 20 Jennifer 0-6-0T
Class 0-6-0ST
N2 69490 – 69596 0-6-2T GNR Gresley(69523)
7F 53800 – 53810 2-8-0 SDJR FOWLER
British Railways 4-6-2 (35028)
BR Standard Class 4 - 4MT 76000 – 76114 2-6-0
SR USA class
These small steam locomotives were built at Andrew Barclays and Sons Ltd's Caledonia Works in Kilmarnock, Scotland. They are saddle tank locomotives with a 0-4-0 wheel arrangement (meaning the water tank is on top and around the boiler). This type of locomotive is preserved in large numbers, notably by the Ayrshire Railway Preservation Society, Swindon and Cricklade Railway, Bowes Railway, East Anglian Railway Museum, Buckingham Railway Society etc. The total number is about 104 locomotives. They are in a handy state of preservation. Some are preserved as static exhibits but the appearance of others is more like their condition before scrapping. There are 31 locomotives in operational condition, depending on the current technical condition.
In the history of British steam locomotives, no locomotives have ever been as universally popular as the Stanier 5MT class, the Black Fives. They were undoubtedly the most efficient design of general purpose mixed traffic engine ever seen in Britain. Suitable for almost any duty. They could be seen all over the LMS system from Thurso in the far north, to Bournemouth (on the SDJR) in the south.
Of the 18 preserved (including 44901 and 45293 which have still to be restored) half were withdrawn in the last month of steam on BR (January 1968) and purchased for preservation. Three others (including 45000 which is part of the National collection) were purchased upon withdrawal for preservation. 6 (including 44901) were recovered from Barry scrapyard.
The SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes, collectively known as Light Pacifics or informally as Spam Cans, are air-smoothed 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by its Chief Mechanical Engineer Bulleid. Incorporating a number of new developments in British steam locomotive technology, they were amongst the first British designs to use welding in the construction process, and to use steel fireboxes, which meant that components could be more easily constructed under wartime austerity and post-war economy.
The Merchant Navy Pacifics were restricted in their route availability. The West Country and Battle of Britain classes were designed as a lighter version with wider route availability to permit use on a wider variety of routes, including in the south-west of England and the Kent coast. They had an axle-loading of 18 tons 15 cwt a were known as light pacifics.
They were a mixed-traffic design, being equally adept at hauling passenger and freight trains, and were used on all types of services, frequently far below their capabilities. A total of 110 locomotives were constructed between 1945 and 1950.
The engines carried Bullied’s continental type numbers and were numbered from 21C101 (The first three indicate the wheel arrangement thus 2 leading axles, 1 trailing axle, and six (C) driving wheels (4-6-2). The last three digits indicate the series 1(00) light Pacifics of with the last two relating to the order in which they are built and numbered).
His scheme was abolished by British Railways, which renumbered existing locomotives 34001-34070 and new locomotives 34071-34110.
Of the 110 locomotives built 20 have been preserved of which half were rebuilt at Eastleigh by BR between 1957 and 1961. Only two (34023 Blackmore Vale and 34051 Winston Churchill) were not sent to Woodham Brother for scrap. 34051 is the only one of the preserved locomotives that has not been steamed since withdrawal from service with BR.
